What is a political issue that you want to understand the opposite viewpoint more?

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Arminillo said:

JWeinCom said:

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.

Yeah well that story ended up becoming one of they key parts of the most successful religion of the world, so I think it was effective in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps the test wasnt for God...or for anyone involved in the story for that matter.

So, psychological torture for the sake of publicity?  Purely unnecessary publicity, since an omnipotent god would by definition be able to spread his religion in any number of other ways.  Dick move if you ask me.