Bad Religion And The Abrahamic Tradition

Alan: The biblical patriarch Abraham -- the common founder of Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- is revered by all three religions chiefly for his willingness to kill his son because Yahweh/God told him to.

I -- like my devout Catholic mother -- believe that God would never command a parent to murder an innocent child and that the patriarch Abraham was "hearing voices" as the result of a psychotic breakdown.

The implications of this willingness to mistake psychosis for religious experience -- an error that lies at the heart of all three Abrahamic religions -- are explored below.

Obama’s 2006 Speech on Faith and Politics: Abraham Prepares To Kill And Immolate His Son

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/obamas-2006-speech-on-faith-and.html

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

Good Religion And Bad Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-religion-and-good-religion.html

"Terrorism And The Other Religions"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christianitys-bedrock-commitment-to.html

Best Pax Posts On Torture

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/11/best-pax-posts-on-torture.html

Bush's Torture Team: Legal Counselor John Yoo Justifies Crushing Children's Testicles
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/dubyahs-torture-team-legal-counselor.html

America's Passion For Punishment And Torture

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/americas-passion-for-punishment-torture.html

All 3 Abrahamic Religions Should Be As Ashamed Of Themselves As They Are Now Self-Certain

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/all-3-abrahamic-religions-should-be-as.html

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/conservative-christians-delight-in.html

Abrahamic Religions Must Deal With Their Own Bronze Age Atavism And Not Just Window Dress

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/abrahamic-religions-must-deal-with.html

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-wrong-with-abrahamic-religions.html

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-wrong-with-abrahamic-religions.html

Pastor John Piper "discusses the vexing problem of God ordering the mass killing of every Canaanite man, woman, and child."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/07/john-piper-on-why-its-right-for-god-to-slaughter-women-and-children-anytime-he-pleases-and-why-i-have-some-major-problems-with-that/

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/mistakes-in-scripture-when-bible-gets.html

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-bible-more-violent-than-quran-npr.html

Worst Bible Passages

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/worst-bible-passages.html

Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/biblical-literalism-and-cultivation-of.html

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants-and-how.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/reprise-are-highly-religious-people.html