In modern times we have people telling us that their God told them to kill. We think this absurd. But God told Abraham to murder Isaac. It doesn't matter what the outcome was, we have a precedent for God telling a human to murder another human and not, apparently, because the boy deserved to die, as did the suckling infants in another tale.
Is the command correct just because it is God's?
Was Abraham right in agreeing to commit murder?
Was it right for God to order Abraham to kill?
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dio9. I think you are getting at Hosea 6:6. " I desire mercy, not sacrifice"
BUt, I want you to read the whole chapter 6 with footnotes from the JPS. Look it up or get one. It is the least embellished and translated OT. But, you will notice a common footnote. "Meaning of ancient Hebrew unknown or uncertain."
BUt, I want you to read the whole chapter 6 with footnotes from the JPS. Look it up or get one. It is the least embellished and translated OT. But, you will notice a common footnote. "Meaning of ancient Hebrew unknown or uncertain."
