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Why did Abraham pimp out his wife in almost the same exact way twice? He was already rich and had an army as well as several slaves. He also knew he didn't have to lie about his wife being his sister anymore since the pharaoh just told him to fuck off the first time.

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Honestly I'm a practicing Catholic and the impression I always get from Fear & Trembling is that Kierkegaard massively overthinks the story of Abraham and Isaac. The story is that Abraham has faith in God so great that he believes God will not lead him astray, even with the seemingly wicked command to sacrifice Isaac. So he acts on that faith, and his faith is rewarded. That's all there is to the story. Or, at least, that's all there is to the story if you leave out the heavy foreshadowing of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. But I don't understand why Kierkegaard had such a meltdown over it.