God said in the Bible that human sacrifice (which is what the pagan nations did) is an abomination and wicked, and its one of the reasons that God used the Israelites to judge the pagan nations that lived in the holy land. However, God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac to him. Now, Christian apologists argue that God only told Abraham to do it to test his faith, and God stopped him because he didnt really want him to do it. However, why would God tempt people into doing sinful actions, just to test their faith, even if he was going to stop them? Saying "God was just testing Abraham and he didnt really want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac" could also be used to argue, "God asked Abraham to steal or lie or commit idolatry, just to test his faith". God wouldnt lead people into sin just to test him. So why did God tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? It seems kind of inconsistent in my opinion.
The real question is,...why would a God who is omniscient needs to test anyone? He knows everything, he knew before hand what Abraham would or wouldn't do.....the only reason why we conduct a test is to find out a result like in RL.
Ask yourself, who compiled the bible? what's the moral of the story here? What message is the author of the story trying to convey? Could it be blind obedience? Obey the authority of the church regardless of whether you like it or not?
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