The Things You Learn In Sunday School (Part 1) - Abraham Willing to Murder His Son For God

This is the first in a series of videos I plan on doing addressing some of the violent, absurd and atrocious Bible stories being taught to children in Sunday School around the world today.

This one deals with the story of Abraham and Isaac. In the Bible, God wanted to test Abraham's faith by commanding him to murder his son as a sacrifice. Abraham was completely willing and plotted to kill his son, right up to the very moment that God stopped him, as he passed the test by showing his willingness to kill his own son. Children are taught that this is the type of faith they should have and that they should put God before everything, including their own children, even if it means killing them at God's request.

In this day and age, Abraham would be put behind bars for plotting such a thing and most people religious or not would agree that should be the case. When ever someone commits a murder in their god's name, most everyone regardless of religion or lack thereof know that the suspect is crazy. For some reason, Abrahamic religious people (Jews, Christians, Muslims) don't feel the same way about their beloved Abraham, even though his schizophrenic episode in Genesis is no different than any of the parents killing their children for God today. Hopefully, this video will encourage people to question this.

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[Vitaliya100]

Abraham was tested from God how much he loved God! Abraham did not kill his son because angel stopped him. The test is over! How many sons and daughters are sucrifiesed today in the name of Alla and no angels from alla stops them!

[MtlRedAtheist]

@Vitaliya100 You think that putting a man through the agony of thinking he has to kill his own son to please his god and watch him prepare to do it right up until the moment he lifts the knife to stab him is a test of love? I think it's the opposite. It maybe the cruelest trick you can play on a human being. If this actually was a test, in my opinion, Abraham refusing to murder his son at god's request would have been passing the test. Not being willing to do it.

[RitzCrackerz86]

@teriiura We all pass away. There is no heaven, no hell. We are animals with a higher state of consciousness. Once we pass, our brains are off forever. No exceptions. Your religion is merely wishful thinking, hoping that we may live forever. Christianity is greedy that way, you must accept death as a part of life and live your life with no regrets. Christians are wasting much of their life just hoping there is an afterlife, missing out on much of life.

[JChang0114]

@Vitaliya100

Praise you! You truly understand Abraham's plight! Now will you please make a donation to my legal defense fund? God told me to kill my baby sister but then before I could plunge the knife into her little chest a cop tased me. Then in jail an angel told me that what I was doing was a test of my faith in God. Then the angel told me not to hurt anyone else. I told this story to the D.A. but they aren't going to drop the charges of attempted murder and child endangerment. Help!

[dEEtOx702]

And I want one of you little atheist bitches to reply to my shit

[dEEtOx702]

I know wrong from right.

[dEEtOx702]

The word God is a title, like the Greek "God" Zeus, or Poseidon God of the sea, the word God is very ambiguous, do most of you even know his name? For example if someone calls you for a name other than your own, are you going to turn around? I wouldn't and so wont he. And for those people killing in the name of "God" there are a lot of people sick out there and need help. Don't blame it on "God" or the Bible. Translated hundreds of times over the generations. I'm not a goody toshoo Christian but

[zytigon]

@MtlRedAtheist Superb video thanks. I totally agree. I've heard ministers try to pass this story off as acceptable but I have always abhorred it. If there had been a real good god inspiring Gen 22 then the angel would have said to Ab, "Stop, you are entirely mistaken, you are just following cultural superstitions of men. God has never wanted this & would never ask it ".  Gary Greenberg 'Moses mystery' p244 original story v19 Ab returned alone=Isaac died. Angel was inserted later to change it

[JESUStheATHEIST1]

@Rogokofats BLAH BLAH BLAH GOD. you are a delusional mess. unable to think for yourself. unable to accept your own mortality. there is no theme park in the clouds. and your god condones slavey, rape,torture,genocide,child abuse just to name a few fun facts.

may god b. less

[MtlRedAtheist]

@Rogokofats Unfortunately, you are mistaken. Most of Biblical prophecy has not come to pass and the ones that you claim did come to pass are from very vague passages, which you interpret however you like. Sorry, there is insufficient evidence that any of that is true. It is interesting how you sarcastically say, "Enjoy the Great Tribulation," as if the thought of me suffering delights you somehow. No wonder you worship a God who allows babies to be raped even with the power to stop it. Sadistic.

[Rogokofats]

@MtlRedAtheist: I do not accept it blindly,you just hope that I do.What evidence do you have that the Bible is telling the truth? All Bible prophecy that has come to pass,history written in advance.Including the first 40 verses of Daniel chapter 11 that have come true against world history to the letter. The book of Daniel was written by him when the Jew's were held in captivity in Babylon 604 to 585 B.C.As I said enjoy The Great Tribulation.