Arminillo said:
I'm not sure if you know this, but Abraham is a pretty important dude, he ended up being key to three of the major religions of the world (Judaism: A New Hope, Christianity: Satan Strikes Back, and Islam: Return of the Prophet), I think the fact that Abraham was willing to do something like that shows that he was in fact THE guy you'd want to have being father of nations. Also, God seems to be a big parable guy. In the Old Testament, he pulled tons of stuff like that, symbolizing something or another. Then he sent Jesus who just told parables rather than act them out. |
Not sure why that kind of blind obedience would be considered a good thing.
But beyond that on a purely practical level, why would god need to do any such test? Assuming god is omniscient, then he already knew how devoted Abraham is. He knew that Abraham would be willing to sacrifice Isaac before he did anything. So, he was just kind of fucking with him for no reason.
