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Nathan Lloyd @nathanelloyd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I have shared this multiple times before, so my apologies for those who must suffer through another retelling. But my favorite interpretation of the Akeidah is that Abraham failed God's test by employing cruel and violent means in an attempt to show God love. reformjudaism.org/blog/akeidah...

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Akeidah: Abraham Failed God's Test, but God Loved Him Anyway

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Michael Reed Davison@michael481.bsky.social

I actually agree with that, as a faithful person. I think that's why D&C 132 explicitly connects polygamy to Abrahamic sacrifices; that's our framework for dealing with the most challenging paradoxes of our theology. There's some good writing on this in the book *Women of Eternity, Women of Zion*.

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Michael Reed Davison @michael481.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

That's a beautiful interpretation! Are you intending to imply that Joseph Smith, Jr., also misunderstood the messages God gave to him, and that he, like Abraham, failed the test God gave him? An unorthodox view, but one I think we Latter-day Saints need to at least contemplate.

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Nathan Lloyd @nathanelloyd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

This interpretation is supported by Abraham losing direct face to face access to God as afterwards an angel always interceded. I think about this often in regard to Mormon polygamy...a violent and cruel demonstration of their love of God. Like Abraham, I think they failed this test.

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