Comments on: The Akedah - Kierkegaard and Protecting God http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jim http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1056 Jim Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:41:25 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1056 Yes, but tell us how you really feel. Yes, but tell us how you really feel.

]]> By: Will http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1054 Will Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:59:08 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1054 Dear Rev. Spitz, I am loathe to say anything negative about those who come and visit this site, let alone take the time to leave a comment, but for you I will make an exception. You are full of crap. I did not imply what you said I did. But now that you bring it up, it is wrong to burn or bomb a "babykilling abortion mill." What kind of idiot are you to suggest otherwise? I am pro-life, period. I am against abortion. I am against murder or killing. I am a pacifist and against war, and I am against capital punishment (which is nothing more than state-sanctioned murder for the sole purpose of revenge). I am also against people like yourself who are so consumed with hate and anger that you can't even read a simple blog post without seeing your own twisted agenda in it. Though you claim to be pro-life, you are just as much a death monger as any abortionist may be, and you contribute to the culture of killing and death which has infected this world that God so loved. Maybe you should say/pray your own prayer. It might do you some good, but I doubt it. Your hardened heart and mind have been poisoned by hatred, and it is unlikely that such a simple prayer will be able to soften either. May God have mercy on your soul, Reverend. Dear Rev. Spitz,

I am loathe to say anything negative about those who come and visit this site, let alone take the time to leave a comment, but for you I will make an exception. You are full of crap. I did not imply what you said I did. But now that you bring it up, it is wrong to burn or bomb a “babykilling abortion mill.” What kind of idiot are you to suggest otherwise?

I am pro-life, period. I am against abortion. I am against murder or killing. I am a pacifist and against war, and I am against capital punishment (which is nothing more than state-sanctioned murder for the sole purpose of revenge). I am also against people like yourself who are so consumed with hate and anger that you can’t even read a simple blog post without seeing your own twisted agenda in it. Though you claim to be pro-life, you are just as much a death monger as any abortionist may be, and you contribute to the culture of killing and death which has infected this world that God so loved.

Maybe you should say/pray your own prayer. It might do you some good, but I doubt it. Your hardened heart and mind have been poisoned by hatred, and it is unlikely that such a simple prayer will be able to soften either. May God have mercy on your soul, Reverend.

]]> By: Rev Spitz http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1053 Rev Spitz Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:42:15 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1053 You seem to imply there is something wrong if a babykilling abortion mill is burned or bomb. What do you prefer, dead babies or a pile of bricks? Innocent unborn babies deserve to be protected just as born children deserve to be protected. You would have no problem protecting born children if they were about to be murdered. SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life. You seem to imply there is something wrong if a babykilling abortion mill is burned or bomb. What do you prefer, dead babies or a pile of bricks? Innocent unborn babies deserve to be protected just as born children deserve to be protected. You would have no problem protecting born children if they were about to be murdered.

SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life.

]]> By: Will http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1052 Will Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:08:24 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1052 Genesis 22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. (NRSV) I would say he was on his way to killing the boy. Genesis 22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. (NRSV) I would say he was on his way to killing the boy.

]]> By: Will http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1051 Will Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:03:44 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1051 The terrible thing is what God asked Abraham to do . . . to offer him as a burnt sacrifice. The fact that God would even ask this is terrible, no matter that he intervened at the very last minute. It is, if nothing else, psychological abuse. Abraham spent three days thinking that God required him to sacrifice his son, his only son, whom he loved. Isn't that terrible enough? The terrible thing is what God asked Abraham to do . . . to offer him as a burnt sacrifice. The fact that God would even ask this is terrible, no matter that he intervened at the very last minute. It is, if nothing else, psychological abuse. Abraham spent three days thinking that God required him to sacrifice his son, his only son, whom he loved. Isn’t that terrible enough?

]]> By: Jim http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1050 Jim Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:59:00 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1050 I've never seen any of them before. How is it a terrible thing that God asks of us, or rather, what is the terrible thing? Abraham didn't murder Isaac. In fact, the NRSV doesn't even make it seem like an attempt was made. Would he have? Maybe. We don't know because God intervened. So what is the deed that God is really asking for? What is the fearful thing that he demands? Or, since we're using Kierkegaard here, what is the one thing that the pure heart must will? I’ve never seen any of them before. How is it a terrible thing that God asks of us, or rather, what is the terrible thing? Abraham didn’t murder Isaac. In fact, the NRSV doesn’t even make it seem like an attempt was made. Would he have? Maybe. We don’t know because God intervened.

So what is the deed that God is really asking for? What is the fearful thing that he demands? Or, since we’re using Kierkegaard here, what is the one thing that the pure heart must will?

]]> By: Will http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1049 Will Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:37:44 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1049 Jim, Have you read all four of them before? They're all a little over the top. And yes, it is a terrible, a horrible thing that God asks and even demands of us all : ) or should it be : ( And yes, most people do not. Jim,

Have you read all four of them before? They’re all a little over the top. And yes, it is a terrible, a horrible thing that God asks and even demands of us all : ) or should it be : (

And yes, most people do not.

]]> By: Jim http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1048 Jim Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:34:28 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1048 Oh, and by the way, the answer to your final question is "most of us don't." Oh, and by the way, the answer to your final question is “most of us don’t.”

]]> By: Jim http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1047 Jim Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:32:16 +0000 http://onethingiknow.net/2008/06/23/the-akedah-kierkegaard-and-protecting-god/#comment-1047 Kierkegaard's story is just a bit over the top for an existentialist, don't ya think? "And it is a terrible, an horrendous thing which God asks of Abraham. Let no one argue otherwise." I would argue otherwise. It is the thing that God asks (actually, demands) of each of us. Kierkegaard’s story is just a bit over the top for an existentialist, don’t ya think?

“And it is a terrible, an horrendous thing which God asks of Abraham. Let no one argue otherwise.”

I would argue otherwise. It is the thing that God asks (actually, demands) of each of us.

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