Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:aeq From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Heavenly harassment. Message-ID: <1258@pucc-h> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 10:04:23 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1258 Posted: Tue Sep 25 10:04:23 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 06:05:02 EDT References: <1071@ihuxi.UUCP>, <276@uwmacc.UUCP>, <1084@ihuxi.UUCP> Organization: Tucumcari Divinity School Lines: 14 Response to one of the things Mike Musing disliked about God: > forcing an old gentleman to take a swing at his son with a knife atop mountain It wasn't exactly forcing. Abraham could have ignored God's direction to sacrifice Isaac. But God wanted to test Abraham so they'd both know where his priorities were -- whether his deepest attachment and devotion were directed to God or elsewhere. Note that once both God and Abraham saw the answer, God stopped Abraham from actually killing Isaac. -- -- Jeff Sargent {decvax|harpo|ihnp4|inuxc|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq "Jesus looked Death in the eye, and Death blinked first."