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Argumentative Essay: Is Abraham A Murderer?

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Is Abraham a murderer?

Is Abraham a murderer or a knight of faith? Abraham is a biblical character who was tested by God. God told Abraham to take his one and only son, Isaac, up onto a mountain and sacrifice him to God. God gave him a son after him and his wife were infertile for decades. Abraham needed a sacrifice to show him his love for God and he chose the most precious thing he had in the world which was his son. Saying if Abraham is a murderer or a knight of faith is a controversial dilemma. It can be said yes for either side depending on personal feelings on each side of the subject. Was he a murderer because he planned to sacrifice his son or is he a knight of faith because he followed and obeyed God? In my eyes, Abraham is a murderer. He was told to sacrifice his only son and instead of killing his son, Isaac, he killed a ram instead. He killed this animal instead of his son, but he did not kill the ram for food. If someone kills an animal for food that is not murder that …show more content…

Abraham will have to admit that he is in a state of temptation, and in that case he will never sacrifice Isaac, or if he has done so he must return repentantly to the universal. On the strength of the absurd he got Isaac back. Abraham is therefore either a murderer or a man of faith.” (Kierkegaard & Hannay 1985, pg. 85). With Soren saying that, “Abraham should love Isaac more than he loves himself and that’s when the ethical comes into play. Because of Abrahams actions, he steps over the grey line with ethics” (Kierkegaard & Hannay 1985, pg. 88). Everyone has the chance to choose what stage they want to be in and what kind of commitment they want to have, if any. Either you follow your own personal ethics and fail God, or you fail your ethics and follow God. Abraham knew that it was ethically and morally wrong with what he was told to do but he still goes onto doing what God tells him to because he does not want to disobey God. (Obinyan

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