BTW, for the uninitiated, stories in the good book tend to hold hidden meanings. In this particular case;
Isaac seems to represent that which is legitimate, ie truth & goodness.
Ishmael represents that which is illigitimate, ie falsehood and evil.
Good and evil cannot co-exist, as yin and yang suggest, thus the seperation of the two forces with various degrees of seperation (as microsft might call it), hehe. ie, greenpastures is a black dot on a white background (sheep in wolves clothing). Clarisian was a white dot on a black background (wolf in sheeps clothing). The foreground = presentation (what we show to the world). The background = substance (what we really are).
Although from the point of view of the physical (blood & bone) perspective rather than metaphysical (spiritual) reality, I do not understand why after all these years the two have not let the issue go.
