Q: In Genesis 22, whose voice did Abraham hear? “Take your son”, God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you”. I still do not understand the no father no son, no cause no effect? It all started with hearing? So did Abraham hear wrong?

A: The terminology “your son” already views life from a self-centered perspective, asking how nothing can need anything from a temporal appearance. That is the question: does the infinite need an apple?

Who decides to name one person “father” and another “son,” and for what reason? There are only appearances and disappearances in time. Only appearances have reflections in mirrors and on water, and only appearance tells itself that life is a substance.

In the second commandment, it says: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (לא יהיה לך אלהים אחרים על פני). This verse suggests that from the beginning, there are two: divinity and another random crown (the self).

Now, Abraham is playing God. His mechanical brain is playing God’s soundtrack to him, and he listens to it. It’s a game inside his head; there is no real communication. Playing God provides his self-doership with excellent motivation to sacrifice Isaac.

Does the infinite need an apple?

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