I know it and that makes it sound even more crazy. Abraham's behavior in that story was absurdly immoral.
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Replying to @GhostJen0805 @Intrinsic29
You can make things mean anything. Like Augustine making smashing babies heads on rocks stamping out heresy rather than literal infanticide
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Replying to @GhostJen0805 @HPluckrose
Maybe choose the one that doesn't involve murdering your kid.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
There's nothing intrinsic to this story that makes Abraham's behavior virtuous. You have to arbitrarily import it.
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Replying to @GhostJen0805 @HPluckrose
I'm sorry to hear about your story but it doesn't seem to be answering my Q: Why is killing the kid the virtuous decision in your metaphor?
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
And please recognize, also, that this metaphor doesn't intrinsically exist in the story. You're making it up to suit your narrative.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
Its not meant to represent two competing moral choices. Obeying God is the only moral choice. This lasted right up to the modern period.
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Here, in the early 15th century, Margery Kempe is showing that she'd let her husband be murdered rather than break a vow to God.pic.twitter.com/IiSZcFuGhW
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