I mean, obeying without questioning authorities?
Abraham truly did....
Do you think that a god capable of such atrocities is worthy of any respect, obedience or love?
2007-12-07 05:56:19 · 6 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You might consider that you have things askew.
The answer is NO, nobody (Christians included) should follow blindly.
The Bible definitely speaks against that idea.
Abraham did not follow blindly.
He already had so many experiences with God, that were positive, his trust was built up.
He knew God!
A simple question of built up trust.
2007-12-07 06:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My, my. What a loaded question.
Abraham's story is one of the most interesting in Bible, but not because of blind obedience. Abraham was not trusting God as an unknown entity, but someone he had known and had a close relationship for years. He walked with God, talked with God, ate a meal with God, and was even able to bargain with God .
I say all that to say this: God had promised Abraham that his son Isaac would be the father of a great nation. Abraham knew from personal experience that God always kept his promises, and knew that God would find a way to spare Isaac in spite of his awful command. And that is just what happened. God rewarded Abraham for his faith in God's promise--not for blind obedience. At least that is how most Christian scholars read the story.
Many Jewish scholars read the story as an allegory about how God ended the pagan practice of child sacrifice. Remember that Abraham came from the pagan Babylonian city of Ur and left at the calling of God. Perhaps God was teaching Abraham, in a rather graphic and startling way, that he did not want humans to kill one another in order to worship him.
As for your last question, God did not commit an atrocity here. He sent an angel to spare Isaac's life.
Andrea
2007-12-07 14:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Andrea H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in blind obedience.
The Bible actually tells us not to do so. I Thessalonians 5:21 admonishes believers to "Test everything. Hold on to what s good". In other words, question any doctrine or instruction that we may be dubious about, however much authority the person or organisation saying it claims for themselves.
As for God being capable of atrocities, I don't know which God you are referring to, but it isn't the one I worship.
2007-12-07 14:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not the God of my understanding.
2007-12-07 13:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by monte54que 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's just say....God is....LOVE, and that's all you need.
Churchs are not GOD, they are just a Church, a building, nothing more.
2007-12-07 14:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Date Dr. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, i like to know what i am doing before i do it :)
2007-12-07 14:01:08 · answer #6 · answered by FarmerCec 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋