409 "Fear and Trembling" (The Story of Abraham and Isaac) by Soren Kierkegaard
The History of Literature
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Is It Good to Lies?
You can find lots of exceptions to the idea that lying is bad. There's times when it's good to lie, especially lies by omission. You can be a good person and still tell truths. But what about murder? Can you say the same thing about murder? Murdering your own child, sacrificing a child for a deity. Abraham travels with isaac for three days,. planning the whole time to kill him, kill him with a knife and burn him.
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