Oh man, the binding of Isaac really is the strangest cognitive dissonance. I have no doubt that every practicing Christian, Muslim, and Jew I know [1] would as

Oh man, the binding of Isaac really is the strangest cognitive dissonance. I have no doubt that every practicing Christian, Muslim, and Jew I know [1] would ascertain that Abraham is having a serious mental health crisis and dual 911 if it happened to somebody they know today but at the same time I've never seen a good argument for why the actual story in Genesis should be taken seriously on its own. [1] obviously there will always be outliers here but if we're exclusively considering 21st century America, I feel confident wagering that the amount of religious people who would take Abraham seriously is statistically insignificant, and similar to the amount of nonreligious people who would take him seriously. Also I'm specifically referring to how third parties react to Abraham nearly murdering his son, I don't think it's fair to hold Abraham himself to the same standards as long as we're assuming that he is suffering a mental health crisis.