Jehovah gave Isaac to Abraham and promised him that through Isaac Jehovah would bless all nations. I believe Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command demonstrated his great faith and provided a pattern of what Jehovah himself would do for us. This was in no way bad or wrong. Of course, Jehovah stopped Abraham from actually sacrificing his son..
It is not very relevant that God stopped Abraham on time. What is relevant is that He tempted, or, more strongly, ordered Abraham to kill his child. Therefore, your claim that He does not do that is wrong, and should be replaced with: He does indeed do that, but it might, maybe, stop you on time.
What is amazing is that Christians think this is an awe inspiring happy end that cemented Abraham's reliability. It is not. It is not much different from the stories of a mafia boss wanting to check the loyalty of his staff.
We are all concerned about Abraham, and we forget Isaac. That poor child must have suffered enormous stress, which was, for all practical purposes, superfluous, given alleged God's omniscience.
A God who tests? What is He? Some sort of experimental celestial psychologist who does not know jack of what people think and would do, when ordered?
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- viole