In warfare, were the Israelites any different than others in the ANE? In terms of killing everyone, this was not considered unusual by their enemies. William Lane Craig points out killing everyone in warfare was standard practice: But then, again, we’re thinking of this from a Christianized, Western standpoint. For people in the ancient world, …
Does God love all people equally? No, I do not believe God loves all people equally. Does he love the Jews more than others? Though I do believe he has placed a special calling on the nation of Israel, I do not believe they are the highest on his list. What the Bible indicates is …
Is the God of the Old Testament xenophobic? Dawkins thinks so. “The ethnic cleansing begun in the time of Moses is brought to bloody fruition in the book of Joshua, a text remarkable for the bloodthirsty massacres it records and the xenophobic relish with which it does so.” Richard Dawkins What is xenophobia? “fear and …
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:20 pm What makes an opinion of a god objective? A bunch of likeminded followers writing books about that god? I’ve explained this already: “God is not merely good, but goodness; goodness is not merely divine, but God.” C.S. Lewis https://quotefancy.com/quote/780720/C-S … ne-but-God As stated in 1 John, God …
As I mentioned, during the global flood, there was a period of 120 years between the pronouncement of the judgment and when the flood came. What about the Canaanites? Was there any time for them to change their ways? According to Gen 15, there was a 400-year period. During this time, their sins grew to …
Wesley Morriston – “Did God Command Genocide? A Challenge to the Biblical Inerrantist” https://spot.colorado.edu/~morristo/Did … nocide.pdf His bio: https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/peo … -morriston At some point, any thoughtful Christian who believes the Bible to be “inerrant” must come to terms with the harsh and sometimes shocking behavior of the God of the Old Testament (OT). I’m not …
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boatsnguitars wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:07 am otseng wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:26 am First you have to prove it was a genocide that was based on race. As I’ve argued, it’s not genocide, but a judgment based on sin. It doesn’t even make sense that God would commit genocide against the Israelites. …
Here’s a sampling of recent posts of skeptics bringing up genocide in the Old Testament: alexxcJRO wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:50 am Yahweh is asking for genocides(Amalek and the others) Clownboat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:41 pmThis doesn’t even touch on the ordered genocide in the Bible I might add. boatsnguitars wrote: ↑Wed …
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:37 pm Yet you presumably have no problem with the idea of that same deity brutally drowning every innocent child on earth in a global flood. Is God a deity that is just looking for any opportunity to smite people? Is God a capricious God? Does God act unpredictably …
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:11 pm [Replying to otseng in post #3423 If we take evil to be moral evil, God does not necessarily directly create moral evil. Evil is a by-product free will. Then apparently we can discount this: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I …