Abraham Quote by Søren Kierkegaard

“suddenly understood perfectly why Abraham had agreed to sacrifice Isaac, his son, when the Lord commanded him to do so. It was not obedience.…

— Dan Simmons

“The point of the Abraham-and-Isaac story isn’t that you should sacrifice your kid but that you can leave behind any notion of a god…

— Rob Bell

“Abraham came not to sacrifice, but to know once and for all whether this God was a god to be trusted and obeyed. No…

— Dan Simmons

It was not to save a nation that Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac, nor to appease angry gods... Then why does Abraham do it?…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“Abraham was asked to sacrifice his only son. God no longer asks for blood sacrifices, for the ultimate sacrifice has been made. But the…

— Ken Follett

“The willingness to sacrifice that springs from a loving heart rather than the desire for spiritual distinction is surely acceptable to God. But, as…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“It made no sense that Abraham could head for the mountain in Moriah still believing in God's goodness. It made no sense that even…

— Anne Lamott

“For in Abraham man had learned beforehand, and had been accustomed to follow the Word of God. For Abraham, according to his faith, followed…

— The Church Fathers

“God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son on an altar much like this one, to see who it was that Abraham loved more, Isaac…

— Cassandra Clare

“Gen 22:11–16a The story of the near-sacrifice of Isaac is traced to E. It refers to the deity as Elohim in vv. 1,3,8, and…

— Richard Elliott Friedman

“I think about something I once heard on the radio. About Abraham and Isaac." "I was afraid you'd say something like that." "You asked."…

— A.J. Kazinski

Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is twofold: first,…

— Richard Dawkins