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In the name of god and faith goes on and tragically on. ♪ god may have been demanding total submission, but he also decided in the end that a human life has more value than blind obedience. >> and in the end, of course, ismael lives. isaac lives. >> and taking this journey with my own son dareus brought these stories to life in the most profound and visceral way. >> beautiful, right? >> yeah, its crazy. >> it was a reminder of how personal the stories of our ancient religious text can feel and...

>> god may have been demanding total submission, but he also decided in the end that a human life has more value than blind obedience. >> in the end, of course, ishmael lived, isaac lived. >> taking this journey with my own son darius brought these stories to life in the most profound and visceral way. it was a reminder of how personal the stories of our ancient religious texts can feel and why they remain so powerful even to this day. coming up, from the holy land to americas heartland. so wh...

>> god may have been demanding total submission, but he also decided in the end that a human life has more value than blind obedience. >> in the end, of course, ishmael lived, isaac lived. >> taking this journey with my own son brought these stories to life in the most profound and visceral way. it was a reminder of how personal the stories of our ancient religious texts can feel and why they can remain so powerful even to this day. coming up, from the holy land to americas heartland. so why a...

Life has more value than blind obedience. >> in the end, of course, ishmael lived, isaac lived. >> taking this journey with my own son brought these stories to life in the most profound and visceral way. it was a reminder of how personal the stories of our ancient relixed texted can feel, and why they can remain so powerful even to this daise. coming up, from the holy land to americas heartland. so why are we headed for branson, missouri? and what koo we uncover there about the spectacular sto...

Knife. >> as the story goes, abraham literally lifts the knife before god says to him, abraham, abraham, you dont have to do this. >> so, the son was spared. and a lamb appeared to take his place. >> one of the abiding lessons were meant to learn from genesis is obedience to god. that if you are obedient, that in the end, you are rewarded. >> muslims believe ishmael, not isaac, was the son abraham was called upon to sacrifice. but the essence of the story is the same across the three religions. ...

Included ideas of socialism. you were wise enough to question one of the council women on this, genie blackwell. you asked her when you interviewed her, hes an apologist for fidel castro. why should this be required reading? what did she have to say? >> she said essentially in the interview whats wrong with castro? he must be doing something right. otherwise he wouldnt stay in power this long. she also said peoples parents like marco rubios who fled, he said lets be for equality, white, black an...

Been killed because of that obedience. what a statement to have essentially mandated to the high schoolers to read. is this a real possibility? >> yes, it is a real possibility. elisabeth, im right in the center of americas most historic square mile, independence hall. im a block away. then attack the deck raeurgs of independence -- declaration of independent is a ruse by wealthy white guys to become wealthier. this is a real possibility with city council im told that once they get the money goi...

And your socks. >> you are going to be the light of 6-2. >> amen? not to just smile. >> get in. face that wall. sit down. exactly. there you go. extend your legs and your back, back here. come back here. there you go. bring your body over here. cross your arms. praise god. sherman, in obedience and the commands of jesus christ and all your professional faith, my brother, we do now baptize you in the name of the father, the name of the son and the holy ghost. amen. amen, praise god. you need to g...

>> she would go every saturday to the convalescent homes and do their nails or do their hair, whatever they wanted, so they would look nice when their families would come to see them on sunday. >> irenes good deeds grew out of her deep faith. sacred heart church in mcallen felt like an extension of home. >> i would say the feeling would be love, a gentle quietness. thats where we felt safe. >> did you and your sister regard the priests as godly men, close to god? >> we thought they were, yes. we...

His order, the oblates of mary immaculate, take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. but at a church in nearby edinburgh, father feit would be accused of sexually assaulting this young woman, maria america guerra. the 20-year-old woman told police she came into the church, which was empty at the time, to pray. the communion rail used to be right up here near the chairs. she knelt down, and then she was attacked by a man. she told police he had dark hair and horned-rim glasses. she bit him in...