The Idea of Sacrificing Is One of Humankind's Great Discoveries

i don't see how you can escape from the conclusion that the cosmos we experience it, at least, is a place of moral striving. And well, that's one of the things that's really illustrated in the story of jacob and i found that quite striking. If your sacrifices were acceptable, and that seemed to mean ethically acceptable, you had to sacrifice the right. Think that that vastly increased the probability that not only you would be successful, let's say, but that your descendants would be two. I don't think that that's an irrational proposition. It seems to me that conscious, self aware sacrifice and proper ethical striving is your best bet....