An idea from Fear and Trembling

What the Sunday sermon leaves out is the dread. You owe nothing to money, but a father owes his son the highest duty there is. Either faith turns the act into something holy, or Abraham should be judged a murderer like anyone else.

From Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

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