Q. Attending Catholic school as a child, I remember being bothered by the story of Abraham being tested by God. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac up to him. Once God saw that Abraham was ...

We may flinch at seeing the revered patriarch nearly end his own son’s life. But what do we miss when viewing this story through contemporary eyes? One of the most dramatic moments of the entire Bible ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons: Abraham offering up Isaac by Charles Foster, public domain In my post on my other blog on 1/2/2011, Of Hormones and Ethnic Conflict, I described a biological rationale for ...

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