Interesting thoughts about Abraham, Apos. Further along those lines, even if God wanted Abraham to kill his child, then surely part of the sacrifice he wanted Abe to suffer was his earthly punishment for the deed.
Sure: think of it this way. If God wanted people let off when they committed crimes in his name, everyone could start committing crimes saying that God had said it was okay, and there would be no good way to disprove them. This pastor thinks the Bible tells him to do what he did (does it? I can’t think of anywhere it suggests sitting on a wrapped and bound autisic child), but other people might disagree just as vehemently.
Yup. So even if the Bible or God himself made this pastor do it, it’s a safe bet that God Himself wants the guy to go to jail.
It would be blasphemous if he didn’t!