I would just like to add that I think it's very stupid to put the line "Lay down...all your Abraham sons" in a song about peace. Lots of people who kill believe they are doing God's will which is a problem. The story about Abraham wasn't about God sanctifying murder but as I said in the above post, it was about God testing Abraham's faith and it was the kind of thing God could only get away with pulling once because anyone who had faith in him would know that he 1. It's a sin to kill and 2. God stopped Abraham so he must not really want anyone to kill in his name anyway.
I would just like to add that I think it's very stupid to put the line "Lay down...all your Abraham sons" in a song about peace. Lots of people who kill believe they are doing God's will which is a problem. The story about Abraham wasn't about God sanctifying murder but as I said in the above post, it was about God testing Abraham's faith and it was the kind of thing God could only get away with pulling once because anyone who had faith in him would know that he 1. It's a sin to kill and 2. God stopped Abraham so he must not really want anyone to kill in his name anyway.