Comments on: The Sacrifice of Isaac http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2 an online magazine for spiritual seekers Sat, 26 May 2012 14:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: frydry http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2/comment-page-1#comment-470 frydry Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:44:42 +0000 http://www.bustedhalobeta.com/?p=4879#comment-470 Leonard Cohen's 'Story of Issac' comes to mind - The door it opened slowly, my father he came in, I was nine years old. And he stood so tall above me, his blue eyes they were shining and his voice was very cold. He said, "I've had a vision and you know I'm strong and holy, I must do what I've been told.".... http://www.lyricsdomain.com/12/leonard_cohen/story_of_isaac.html Leonard Cohen’s ‘Story of Issac’ comes to mind –

The door it opened slowly,
my father he came in,
I was nine years old.
And he stood so tall above me,
his blue eyes they were shining
and his voice was very cold.
He said, “I’ve had a vision
and you know I’m strong and holy,
I must do what I’ve been told.”….

http://www.lyricsdomain.com/12/leonard_cohen/story_of_isaac.html

]]> By: Vassilis http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2/comment-page-1#comment-269 Vassilis Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:57:38 +0000 http://www.bustedhalobeta.com/?p=4879#comment-269 Through this examination of Abraham's selflessness and blind obedience to God, God feels just as close to man as man to God. A very powerful article. Through this examination of Abraham’s selflessness and blind obedience to God, God feels just as close to man as man to God. A very powerful article.

]]> By: Perrin http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2/comment-page-1#comment-268 Perrin Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:33:13 +0000 http://www.bustedhalobeta.com/?p=4879#comment-268 What a fascinating and deeply personal look at a philosophical dilema. I love the incorporation of personal and phsychoanalytical considerations in her analysis of this story. I myself have always reduced this to an explanation of the end of human sacrifice, and had never succeeded in internalizing the lesson in a personal way. What a fascinating and deeply personal look at a philosophical dilema. I love the incorporation of personal and phsychoanalytical considerations in her analysis of this story. I myself have always reduced this to an explanation of the end of human sacrifice, and had never succeeded in internalizing the lesson in a personal way.

]]> By: Dcn. Tim http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2/comment-page-1#comment-251 Dcn. Tim Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.bustedhalobeta.com/?p=4879#comment-251 Deep within this story is the memory of a momentous event in salvation history - the rejection of religiously sanctioned human sacrifice. God Himself rejects it, and Abraham indeed has nothing to say. Deep within this story is the memory of a momentous event in salvation history – the rejection of religiously sanctioned human sacrifice. God Himself rejects it, and Abraham indeed has nothing to say.

]]> By: Rose http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-2/comment-page-1#comment-247 Rose Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:57:55 +0000 http://www.bustedhalobeta.com/?p=4879#comment-247 Very interesting…I never thought of it this way. Very interesting…I never thought of it this way.

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