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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Heavenly harassment.
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Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 10:04:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 25 10:04:23 1984
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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.

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-- Jeff Sargent
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"Jesus looked Death in the eye, and Death blinked first."