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Tabular-Iceberg11/20/20241 replyview on HN

Clearly yes if we go by the Bible. Then we should be happy to get away with just gold and labor and not our children like Isaac.


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graemep11/21/2024

The entire point of the story was that God did NOT want a child sacrifice.

In the historical context of other religions in the region demanding human sacrifices that is the message of the story.

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