Quote by Søren Kierkegaard

“If Abraham actually had sacrificed Isaac, would he therefore have been less justified?”

— Søren Kierkegaard

“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

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

“Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son,…

— Libba Bray

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

“If Abraham had gone ahead and killed his son he would have done something morally wrong. A father has a basic duty to look…

— Nigel Warburton

“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 is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialectical consequences inherent in it, expressing them in the form…

— Kierkegaard, Søren

“We do not rightly understand the calling of Abraham unless we see in him the manifestation of God’s world-wide purpose of grace.”

— Clark H. Pinnock

“If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God…

— Kierkegaard, Søren

“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

“This important theme of Abraham’s deep trust in God’s promise and faithfulness helped shape Israel’s own self-understanding and identity. So it’s not surprising to…

— Paul Copan