It's not a lie, well not exactly. It's a metaphor. The real meaning is completely different. I don't know the particular passage, but think of Abraham not as a person, but as the sun. What might the sun be sacrificing?
The truth is hidden in the words. You're reading the map without a legend. They told you the legend was "evil", that was the lie.
did the planes land in africa by chance?
I hope it was a clean strike.