409 "Fear and Trembling" (The Story of Abraham and Isaac) by Soren Kierkegaard
The History of Literature
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Obeying God, Serving God, Is the Highest Calling, Imaginable
He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he picked up the knife to kill him, but the angel of the lord called to him from heaven. He said, now i know that you honor and obey god because you have not kept back your only son from him. Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. All the nations will ask me to bless them as i have blessed your descendants, all because you obeyed my command. Now this is a strange story outside of the context of religion. And in the context of Religion
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