# The Binding of Isaac and the Modern Logic of Human Sacrifice

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2111077243984158809
- Source account: [@drhossamsamy65](https://x.com/drhossamsamy65)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:47
- Published: 2026-10-17
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=1) The greatest lie humanity tells itself is that we have outgrown human sacrifice.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=7) We call it by different names now and make our offering to different gods.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=17) We offer young men we call soldiers as if the designation means that their mothers cry less when they die.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=24) We call masses of humanity collateral damage and turn our eyes away from the pictures of their lifeless bodies as we sip our morning coffee.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=38) And the truth is, we don't do it because we are heartless.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=42) We do it because we believe that it is necessary for the world to keep running.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=51) We do it because we believe that the gods whose favor we so desperately seek, freedom, security, prosperity, flourishing, that they demand blood as the price of their favor.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=68) We do it because we cannot see any other choice.

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=73) And maybe that's why we read the Akedah, the binding of Isaac on Rosh Hashanah.

[1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=79) Because the story of the Akedah isn't about inconceivable obedience.

[1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=84) When Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac, he is just accepting the same bargain of blood we still accept today.

[1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmkwEr4nqhRc/en/the-binding-of-isaac-and-the-modern-logic-of-human-sacrifice?t=95) That some need to die for the world to flourish.