I'm with you there 2.
A god that advises parents to stone their stubborn and rebellious children isn't for me either.

Link to the Stone Your Children verses in Deuteronomy via The Brick Testament - a Lego illustrated guide.

I still wish I could remember the name of the last one, though. Maybe I'll have to look it up.

~Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)

There is quite a lot more going on in that story than just that. But by all means, if the simplistic reading makes a better punching bag, have at!

I thought it was about premature ejaculation. This completely undermines the foundation of my worldview.

Thank you for the reference to Kierkegaard's take on the matter. Unfortunately, Kierkegaard, just like the angel of compassion, flies far over the heads of most fundamentalist "theologians."

Oh sure, in the light of a certain kind of faith, the giving up of all- including a son- in the face of god's demands, is a worthy act of ultimate submission and a proof of ultimate faith in god. And the act of Abraham committing to this ultimate personal sacrifice transforms him. And god is actually generous because he stops the sacrifice once Abraham has shown himself to really be willing to do it. It makes for a wonderful story with all sorts of deep symbolism.

But it still boils down to a god telling Abraham to kill his son as a sacrificial offering. This coming from a biblical world of a deity that just loves blood sacrifices of all kinds. If that is the ultimate god of reality, he has issues.

I think all of the blood sacrifices are allusions to menstruation.

(I have no idea what we're talking about.)

How is Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for his god different than a muslim suicide bomber's willingness to sacrifice himself for his?

God is the real terrorist. I understand now. Thank you for the illustration.

So you don't want to or can't answer the question?

I have to smile and giggle. oh my silly ones. woowoowooo.

:blush:

gee willickers, fellers.

shyshyshy

The comparison is about Abraham and a suicide bomber, not god and allah.

Discuss.

easy. abraham was asked by God, well commanded really, to sacrifice his son. a suicide bomber is killing himself. there is a big difference. it's one thing to sacrifice yourself but to sacrifice your offspring is another. in abrahams; case he showed God that God came first. over everything and everyone.

just sayin.

FSM only asks for your meatballs.....