[Argus]

"BTW: I wonder what CCs in here think of Genesis 22?"

IMHO, the sacrifice of Isaac is a metaphoric prefiguring of the Passion of Christ.

[Illbay]

Oh, it absolutely is! But you could read it all sorts of ways (just like many areas of the Bible, particularly the Old Testament--such as Noah's daughters' fooling about, etc. My point is that it depends on which side of the mirror you're standing as to how "backward" everything looks.

To a devout Muslim, the idea that God had to have a Son in order to "save" mankind is outrageous. To them it sounds like we're saying He, God, couldn't do it himself.