Immanuel Kant:
"Dass es nicht Gott sein könne, dessen Stimme der Mensch zu hören glaubt, davon kann man sich wohl in einigen Fällen überzeugen; denn wenn das, was dem Menschen durch diese Stimme geboten wird, dem moralischen Gesetz zuwider ist, so mag die Erscheinung dem Menschen noch so majestätisch und die Natur überschreitend dünken; er muss sie doch für eine Täuschung halten."
"Abraham wollte auf göttlichen Befehl seinen einzigen Sohn abschlachten. (Das arme Kind trug unwissend noch das Holz hinzu.) Abraham hätte auf diese vermeintliche göttliche Stimme sagen müssen: Dass ich meinen guten Sohn nicht töten sollte, ist ganz gewiss; dass aber du, der du mir erscheinst, Gott seist, davon bin ich nicht überzeugt und kann es auch nicht werden, sogar wenn die Stimme vom sichtbaren Himmel herabschallen würde."
Woody Allen:
"And Abraham awoke in the middle of the night and said to his only son, Isaac, "I have had a dream where the voice of the Lord sayeth that I must sacrifice my only son, so put your pants on."
And Isaac trembled and said, "So what did you say? I mean when He brought this whole thing up?"
"What am I going to say?" Abraham said. "I'm standing there at two A.M. I'm in my underwear with the Creator of the Universe. Should I argue?"
"Well, did he say why he wants me sacrificed?" Isaac asked his father.
But Abraham said, "The faithful do not question. Now let's go because I have a heavy day tomorrow."
And Sarah who heard Abraham's plan grew vexed and said, "How doth thou know it was the Lord and not, say, thy friend who loveth practical jokes, for the Lord hateth practical jokes and whosoever shall pull one shall be delivered into the hands of his enemies whether they pay the delivery charge or not."
And Abraham answered, "Because I know it was the Lord. It was a deep, resonant voice, well modulated, and nobody in the desert can get a rumble in it like that."
And Sarah said, "And thou art willing to carry out this senseless act?" But Abraham told her, "Frankly yes, for to question the Lord's word is one of the worst things a person can do, particularly with the economy in the state it's in."
And so he took Isaac to a certain place and prepared to sacrifice him but at the last minute the Lord stayed Abraham's hand and said, "How could thou doest such a thing?"
And Abraham said, "But thou said ---"
"Never mind what I said," the Lord spake. "Doth thou listen to every crazy idea that comes thy way?" And Abraham grew ashamed. "Er - not really … no."
"I jokingly suggest thou sacrifice Isaac and thou immediately runs out to do it."
And Abraham fell to his knees, "See, I never know when you're kidding."
And the Lord thundered, "No sense of humor. I can't believe it."
"But doth this not prove I love thee, that I was willing to donate mine only son on thy whim?"
And the Lord said, "It proves that some men will follow any order no matter how asinine as long as it comes from a resonant, well-modulated voice."
And with that, the Lord bid Abraham get some rest and check with him tomorrow."
Gott (Jeremia 7,30f):
"Die Judäer haben getan, was mir missfällt, spricht der HERR. Sie haben ihre Gräuelbilder gesetzt in das Haus, das nach meinem Namen genannt ist, um es unrein zu machen, und haben die Höhen des Tofet im Tal Ben-Hinnom gebaut, um ihre Söhne und Töchter zu verbrennen, was ich nie geboten habe und mir nie in den Sinn gekommen ist."
