I pray but I ' m lost . Am I just praying to silence TITLE TREATMENT Silence trailer <| sep |> Well , yes . Brute forcing the issue will always work . The load times are caused by a file integrityhotfix check that blizzard has started running on every zone load as of Legion . It existed before 7 . 1 , but now the game appears to have instructions to hold your client at the load screen until the check fully completes . I ' m guessing a serious exploit was discovered that abused the ability to load into the game world before the client could confirm you were up to date and running legit files . <| sep |> Good answer , but I ' d also mention with regard to Abraham that sacrifice of the firstborn son was a common ritual practice in surrounding cultures . That the Hebrew God showed Abraham that Hebrews will be different and that they have a merciful God that supports them sets their beliefs above and beyond other systems . e . g . The king of Moab sacrifices his firstborn son to Moabite god Chemosh . In the book of Micah , the author asks rhetorically , Shall I give my firstborn for my crime , the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ? Then , through the Lord , answers , You have been told , O mortal , what is good , and what the Lord requires of youOnly to do justice and to love goodness , and to walk humbly with your God . Another prophet , Jeremiah , also speaks about the abhorrence of the practice . Some people in Jerusalem , under the influence of the Canaanite religion , had sacrificed their sons and daughters in the temple . Jeremiah writes that , They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the firesomething I did not command , nor did it enter my mind . I would make sure that people understand that the sacrifice of the firstborn was a common practice in Abraham ' s time , and that the story whether or not it ' s factually true demonstrates for the Hebrews their superiority . The books that were eventually included in the Bible were some of the texts that spoke against the practice of sacrificing your firstborn for good fortune , etc .