1 result for (book:tps5 AND heading:"delet session septemb 27 1978" AND stemmed:son)
2/33 (6%)
revelation
obedience
reunion
God
era
[... 6 paragraphs ...]
In the Old Testament, you did what you were told to by the almighty. If he told you to slay your son upon a mountaintop, then it was up to you to obey, and to your son to acquiesce. God’s words were not to be taken lightly.
[... 2 paragraphs ...]
That freedom, however, of course has been highly limited in nature, for the dogma of Christianity still largely held. There were, however, other reasons also—to do the church some small justice (amused). If God could tell a man to slay a son, and if private revelation were granted validity, then “divinely inspired crimes” might not only be legion, but might also take man’s energies away from accepted Godly pursuits—like fighting the infidels or heretics at home (all louder).
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