CG Didymus
Veteran Member
For one thing... As if the story really happened. Why would God ask anyone to kill his son? Better find a nicer God to believe in. Next, who and when did the Bible story get changed? Suddenly, all the Scribes started writing the wrong story? And no one noticed? Even if it was an oral tradition. All the people started telling the wrong story and had Isaac being the one? Then who is more important to the Jews? Ishmael or Isaac? The main part of the Jewish story continues through Isaac. And the NT supports it being Isaac...Both the Qur'an and the Baha'i Writings say it was Ishmael, and not Isaac as stated in the Old Testament, whom Abraham was to sacrifice. So why should we believe that an ancient text like the Old Testament is more accurate?
"The Bahá'ís believe what is in the Bible to be true in substance. This does not mean that every word recorded in that Book is to be taken literally and treated as the authentic saying of a Prophet. A striking example is given in the account of the sacrifice which Abraham was called upon to make. The Guardian of the Faith confirms that the record in the Qur'an and the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, namely that it was Ishmael, and not Isaac as stated in the Old Testament, whom Abraham was to sacrifice, is to be upheld. In one of His Tablets 'Abdu'l-Bahá refers to this discrepancy, and explains that, from a spiritual point of view, it is irrelevant which son was involved. The essential part of the story is that Abraham was willing to obey God's command to sacrifice His son. Thus, although the account in the Torah is inaccurate in detail, it is true in substance."
The Bible: Extracts on the Old and New Testaments
Hebrews 11:17
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
James 2:21
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
So a contradiction or both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are wrong?By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
James 2:21
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?