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Agree that we don't tell God how he is, we humble ourselves to him and try to understand what his character is through scriptures, personal revelation, etc. However, scriptures and other prophetic teachings can appear to be in conflict with each other. There can be a broad interpretation of the character of God. My feeling of the basic character of God that comes through my interpretation of scripture combined with personal experience forms a foundation for me to interpret all new pieces of information. I can believe he is a punishing God--Tex and Lingo believe this. Or I can believe he is a merciful God--I believe this. Or I can believe he's sometimes either or and seems to change illogically according to human brain which may be very logically looking at it from a higher level--you seem to believe this. Any of these positions can be plausibly argued with scripture and prophetic teaching. There also are inconsistencies and hard stuff to explain for all three positions. It's not fair to say that your position is right and anyone who looks at it differently is somehow forcing God to fit in their paradigm. |
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In this we are in agreement. Scripture in these events has been massaged, and it is difficult to tell which part is midrash and which part is authentic and what has been omitted.
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Does anyone here seriously believe God might ask them to sacrifice what he did? Some of you can barely make it to 3 hours of church. I'd like to see some hard stats supporting your "high percentage" thesis.
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I think a "high percentage" of Mormons agree.
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If we thought that 1. God might actually ask us to do the same thing and 2. God wouldn't have an angel hold up the proceedings in the nick of time Then it probably should disturb us. However, no one in their right mind would ever expect the above to happen, so to be that disturbed about the story indicates 1. A fundamental misunderstanding about the Abraham/Isaac story 2. A fundamental misunderstanding of what God requires of us 3. Paranoia and/or obtuse demagoguery. |
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