Isn't Child Sacrifice Bad?

The ancient rabbis imagined a conversation between god and abraham in the aftermath of the story, basically right after god stops abraham from actually sacrificing isaac. And it's like, psyke, actually, don't kill him. Ilm, you should have seen your face. Classic ri lik itsic. A terrible prank. Lik why would god do this? Now, in fact, thinkers of many different faiths, jewish, christian, moslem, have been bothered by this very question for centuries upon centuries. Some of the greatest religious thinkers in history have struggled with this. But that willingness to surrender everything in the name of something more important can be a crucial