Thread:Mediawatcher/@comment-3581997-20150905032118/@comment-3581997-20150905082313

Hard to say. We don't know much about his personal life. He was willing to murder his son because he meant a lot to him, that could be a complete monster, or it could be ignorance or it could just be the profoundly misplaced faith of a fanatic. The story was told to reinforce 3 basic ideas to fellow Greeks at the time
 * 1) Human sacrifice is wrong
 * 2) Killing your family members in general is wrong.
 * 3) Just because you are doing something for the sake of the gods doesn't mean they won't kick your butt. So don't go around doing bad things in their names.