In Genesis, Abraham is "tempted" by God to sacrifice his son "whom he lovest" on Mount Moriah. Abraham takes his pack mule and his son, without telling his son or wife why, and travels three days to Mount Moriah, where he proceeds to tie his son up for sacrifice... (1/n)
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Thus, we understand that Abraham's entire attachment to the finite world is his son. God is asking Abraham to give up the finite world in an absolute sense, in order to receive the
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In another sense, what God is asking Abraham to do is insane by the established social ethics of Hegel. The universal ethics of acting in the best interests of the total human society, of clearly communicating intentions, and of acting out of relation to the whole, is bypassed.
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Abraham takes telos (direction), directly from God, and does what Hegel considered impossible: teleologically bypasses the ethical. Abraham is prepared to perform an action which forsakes his societal and personal duties to his son for a higher good, the source of existence.
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The hyperreality of the Bible presents this notion in the absolute extreme case, not what most Men or Women are expected to do. Abraham is asked to give up all of his interest in the finite world by sacrificing his son on an altar, and is told he will receive the infinite...
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The Beauty and Paradox of this story are that as Abraham is prepared to sacrifice his son, knife drawn... God tells him to spare the child.
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Abraham, faithful servant of God, showed with proof of work that he was willing to sacrifice the entire finite world for the infinite.
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In return for his faith in the Absurd (Paradox) and his willingness to give it all away, Abraham received back the entire finite world that he cared for: his son, Isaac, who went on to found a nation.
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I've been reading Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, incredible book on clearly defining the psychological movement of Faith.
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The psychological movement of faith, as performed by Abraham, is thus: 1. Formulate all of your earthly desire into a single concept. Will your entire being towards this end, allowing the desire to permeate everything.
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2. Become Infinitely Resigned to the human impossibility of receiving it. Recognize that you cannot receive this desire.
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3. While being Infinitely Resigned and fully accepting the human impossibility of your desire, take a Leap of Faith, believing that "All things are possible through God."
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This step, Kierkegaard regards as embracing the Absurd, stopping thought, letting go of control.
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Kierkegaard regards this as the most difficult step, and beautifully characterizes the fall to resignation and the leap to faith as being a type of dance.
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And in sacrificing the finite, the Knight of Faith receives all the finite back through the grace of the Infinite. Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac, the finite, and had faith that he would receive Isaac back through the grace of the Infinite. No one talks about this.
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