I think about something I once heard on the radio. About Abraham and Isaac.""I was afraid you'd say something like that." "You asked."" So what about them? I don't really know much about that kind of stuff."" There was a pastor on the radio who said nobody should ever preach that story. Do you remember how it goes? God tells Abraham that he has to sacrifice his son to prove his faith."" I agree with the pastor. It sounds like a sick story. Ban that shit."" But isn't that exactly what we do? Send young men off to a war in the desert and ask them to sacrifice themselves for a belief? .A.J. Kazinski
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The killing of Jacob and his sons is a dark and disturbing story in the Bible. It is a story that has been used by Christians to justify many wars and conflicts. The story tells of God's command to Abraham to kill his own son, Isaac, in obedience to God's demand that the righteous must be willing to give up their lives if necessary to prove their faith and devotion. I was once sitting in a popular Christian radio station when the host came on the air and started talking about how we all need to sacrifice something for our faith. "You guys," he said, "aren't the only ones who believe that Jesus will reward us if we just live good lives.
Other religions also believe that. You see, Jesus taught other people that if they're good people, they will get rewarded with heaven. And because Jesus taught other people that, other people started teaching other people that." The host continued: "Now, I know this thing sounds kind of weird.
But you should remember this: If Jesus told people he would save them from hell because they were good people, no matter what, then other people would have to say the same thing too." "And so," he concluded, "if Jesus told us that we can go to heaven because we're good people who love God and obey him, then everybody else will say the same thing too." He went on to say that everybody should put their trust in God because nobody can be sure about anything else. "But you guys need to understand something," he said. "Nobody knows for sure if there's a God or not. Nobody can be sure whether or not there's an afterlife or not.
So I think it's better for you guys to stop worrying about it." And with those final words he signed off the show. The moment he did so I felt like I'd been hit by an invisible beam of grief, sorrow and anger at the concept of Christianity itself—and I know for certain now that I never want my son ever taught it by anyone else ever again."
Source: The Last Good Man
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