Jimmy Higgins
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But the story isn't as much about Abraham as it is about Issac. God to Issac is "The Fear of Issac". This is his tale more than Abraham. We already know that Abraham has blind devotion to god. He did everything that was asked of him. The story explains the origin to Issac's devotion to god.If Abraham was willing to do this then Abraham was just as retarded as this woman, and any decent person would recognize that Abraham is not to be envied and emulated.Except God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Issac. Abraham didn't just do it out of the blue and God told him to stop.
What an utter gut wrenchingly needless tragedy! You need to be very sick to drown a toddler. The suicide note makes absolutely no sense. And why was this women raising children who weren't hers in the first place?!
But who's to say "God" didn't command this woman to sacrifice her children, too? Only she can know that.
As long as churches are teaching that Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son confers "righteousness" on him, there will be the possibility of emulation among their followers, particularly the mentally ill.
Issac really doesn't get much airtime in Genesis. He didn't rate well with the 18-24 male audience. So they had to swap over to Jacob quickly. I think Esau is in more of Genesis than Issac. Poor Issac. Even his wife, the Hillary Clinton of the Bible, has a stronger presence. So they needed to write this up, to explain his relation to God, and then quickly write him off the script.
Which is why I don't understand preaching the story at all. It has no relevance to faith today.If you're a preacher that doesn't recognize that and you preach it as something good then you deserve to be hung by your nuts when someone goes out and does exactly what you told them is a good thing to do.