Sunday 5 August 2012

God condemn himself

Let's take a look at the Abraham Isaac fiasco. If we were to judge
this event by new testament standards Abraham would be guilty of human
sacrifice. Jesus tells us that if we just consider committing a sin in
our mind we are guilty of it (Mat 5:28). Unfulfilled intention is as
damnable as the intent fulfilling outward act itself. So, in short, we
have god tempting Abraham causing Abraham to commit human sacrifice.
Whether Abraham actually followed through on his intent to perform the
heinous act motivated by god of sacrificing his son Isaac doesn't
matter according to Jesus who is proclaimed the son of and equal to
god in the new testament.

English: Abraham embraces his son Isaac after receiving him back from
God (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Now, the christian god does not change (Mal 3:6). Therefore what learn
of god in the NT must also be true of him in the OT. As we have
already seen, unfulfilled intention is as damnable as the intent
fulfilling outward act itself (Mat 5:28; 1Jo 3:15). The christian god
also decrees that human sacrifice is evil (Deut 12:31, 18:10; 2Ki
21:6). The bible says the christian god cannot be tempted by evil nor
does he tempt anyone with evil (James 1:13). By the christian god's
own inspired words he judges himself guilty of tempting Abraham to
commit a vile sin and thereby is complicit in Abraham's sin of
sacrificing his son Isaac.

Does the christian god stand self condemned? The only way to partially
wiggle out of this textual conundrum, in my humble opinion, is to
admit the obvious, that the bible is not infallible. Careful though as
once you start out on this road paved by intellectual reprobates its a
slippery slope all the way down to delusion free thought.

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