Isaac, Ismail, Obama?

Another reason why I have been in special conflict with Abraham is because he would have been ready to sacrifice his son, would God not have intervened at last. Which son? The bible says, it was Isaac. Leonard Cohen even made a beautiful song on that: "Story of Isaac", giving due expression to all my feelings: "You who build these altars now to sacrifice these childrens, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god"--"And if it all came down to dust, I will kill you if I must, I will help you if I can"..For more than thirty years I have been regularly listening to this song, and needless to say, I also fell in love with Leonard Cohen. Coming to Somaliland, however, I came across  new and unexpected perceptions about this case: It was not Isaac whom Abraham was on the way of sacrificing, the Quran says, it was Ismail? Actually, I felt the foundations of my worldview shaking. Maybe Abraham had only one son whom he mistreated and he split his feeling to him in a conscious and an unconscious part according to psychoanalytic theory, or what would Freud and C.G. Jung assumed? I do not know anymore which stories I should trust. Thank God, at least one truth became evident here during the last weeks: Obama is a Somali!

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[graham freer]

Hi Ingred

How are things? I havent read any of your wonderful posts in a while!

Best wishes

Graham Freer