s*y 发帖数: 933 | 1 This is a reply to dreambaby's post regarding "did God command Abraham to burn his son Issac as an offering":
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/TrustInJesus/741397.html
That "someone" you mentioned in the post linked above was me. After reading your post, on one hand, I'm glad you decided to answer and explain more about your views. But on the other hand I'm a bit sad to see that all your explanations boil down to just playing semantics. Not only does this not help in explaining your views, it actually make things worse in term of your credibility.
Let me ask this, did Abraham initially know God was testing him? Of
course not. To him, God was directly telling him to do something. To him, that's the definition of a(n) command/order/instruction (you can pick your word). And its content was clear, to burn his son Issac as an offering to God (Gen 22:2).
Now a "test" may not be the same as a "command", but that doesn't mean both cannot be applied to the same event. Also, no matter what the end result ultimately became, that Issac would never be actually burned, it is not relevant to the point that God gave that command initially. The command given is what it is, whatever intention behind it or fulfillment afterwards is beyond the point.
In the same vein, the rest of your post, talking about God can do whatever to his creations, Abraham's faith in God, God's reason for ordering animal sacrifice, they are all irrelevant to your topic, which is did God give the command to Abraham or not.
Well, blindly stating something again and again doesn't make it suddenly right or any more convincing. And no, playing semantics doesn't help.
Finally, I want to point out that this is not the only instance recorded in Bible that God condones/commands human sacrifice. In Abraham's case, no human was sacrificed in the end. But in other cases, humans were indeed sacrificed. | s*y 发帖数: 933 | 2 To dreambaby:
Some more thoughts while I'm at it.
My rhetorical question that you quoted was actually a response to another post of yours, see
http://www.mitbbs.com/article/TrustInJesus/739383_0.html
There, you first equated burning people as offerings to an evil thing, then stated God did not command anyone to do such things. So my response was to point out the error in the second half of your statement.
Also, if you equate human sacrifice as an evil thing, then what about killing children, pillaging, raping? These are all things God has condoned/commanded people to do.
Another point I want to make is that the same thing that is good with God in one situation may be bad in another situation.
For example, offering animal sacrifice to God is good according to Bible, God has ordered it. But offering the same animal sacrifice to a thing/being other than God is bad and not condoned. This distinction must be noted. |
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