Posted: Mar 25, 2018 7:16 pm
I remember reading, years ago, a theory that the story of Abraham was a parable for the development of consciousness in humans, with God as the subconscious.
Lifeboat for the rational mind :D
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/viewtopic.php?p=2622821#p2622821