I found several allusions to the story of Abraham and Isaac. To name just a couple, in the movie "XXX", Vin
Diesel's character has to have his loyalty tested to be accepted into a secret criminal
society. In order to be accepted, he has to commit murder. Instead
of using a bullet, he uses a paintball to imitate a death. Since searching for that movie would probably be dangerous, the IMDb page is here.
Another allusion is in the Simpson's episode "Homer the Great". Like in XXX, the main character wishes to join a secret society. Homer is forced to take the "leap of faith," which is only a
one step fall, although people tell him while he is blindfolded that it is a
5-story fall. This is to test to see if he is willing to risk injury, which
alludes to how Abraham was willing to kill his son for God.
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