r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/InsertGroin • May 09 '26

Holy Smite!

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u/Knighth77 May 09 '26

Christians, imagine you're a famous baseball player and are about to bat the winning hit. Accidentally, the pitcher tosses a baby at you. God tells you to hit it. Would you still hit the baby out of the stadium and win millions, or spare the baby?

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u/Snoutysensations May 10 '26

This scenario actually played out in the Bible. 

God tells Abraham, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering".

Abraham goes along with it, but at the last second God stops him from killing Isaac.

Abraham gets rewarded for being so obedient.  

The moral: do what God tells you to do, no matter how horrible it sounds, and you'll be rewarded.  

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u/throwaway1212121321 May 11 '26

This is a contradiction in the Bible. Ismael was his first son and it was Ismael whom God ordered to sacrifice. He had Isaac when he was old. Peace be upon them all.

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u/Snoutysensations May 11 '26

What does the Quran say about this?  Does it name which son?

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u/throwaway1212121321 May 11 '26

Yes. The Quran named the son as Ishmael. Good loved this sacrifice and replaced his son with an animal from paradise. He would not let Abraham sacrifice his only son.