reply to mdh
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:44 pm
Hi, Mike,
Thank you for your response!
On the other hand, my opposition in that prior discussion asserted that human sacrifice was not actually a sin - in which case there would be no problem for our present discussion.
Thank you again for your response, Mike! It's nice to hear from you again.
Shalom,
Emmet
Thank you for your response!
I have addressed this topic before, engaging the propriety of human sacrifice. On the one hand, I have argued that the purpose of the episode was to illustrate that God did not want human sacrifice, and indeed God stopped Abraham from acting fully in this instance. In a proper parallel, then, Jesus should have stopped his disciples once he saw that they were willing to imitate drinking his blood out of obedience, and he should have shown them the proper alternative. Besides which, Abraham's action was not symbolic celebration, but a practical test.Emmett wrote: Quote: "When else have the faithful been asked to act out something sinful as a symbol of something faithful?"
In my mind God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his son would qualify.
On the other hand, my opposition in that prior discussion asserted that human sacrifice was not actually a sin - in which case there would be no problem for our present discussion.
Thank you again for your response, Mike! It's nice to hear from you again.
Shalom,
Emmet