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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Srexley who wrote (589383)	7/10/2004 5:23:42 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (2) of 769670

<<They are like the parables, where a story is told to give a lesson to people to give them direction about how to lead a better life.>> Let's look at one of the Old Testament's most famous stories: The Binding of Isaac. Abraham who had great trouble in having a son is commanded by God to bind and slaughter his only son as a sacrifice to God. God is testing Abraham to see if he'd do it. Once it's clear that Abraham would in fact kill his own son for his God, God tells him to stop. God tells him he has passed the test by demonstrating such great faith and loyalty and that God will now build a great nation from Abraham's seed. Now we've learned from the Nuremberg War trials of Nazis that saying "i was just following orders" is not a defense of unspeakable acts. It's a well established moral precept that following orders is not an acceptable defense for doing heinous things. So wouldn't it have been a more moral story if Abraham had refused, telling God, "I will not murder my own defenseless son, not even for God because that would be wrong." And then have God say that Abraham having displayed such great moral courage and leadership was the perfect man from whose seed to build a great nation? Steve Dietrich

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