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Canaanites

Quick Replies to William Lane Craig’s Bad Talking Points on the Canaanite Genocide

October 10, 2021 by Randal

William Lane Craig has made truly impressive contributions to a range of deep philosophical and theological topics. His defense of biblical atrocities like the Canaanite genocide is a notable exception. In this article, I offer some responses to excerpts from his response to a listener question about the Canaanite genocide. Craig says: “The slaughter of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, Canaanites, genocide, William Lane Craig

Did God Command the Slaughter of the Canaanites? A Debate

September 27, 2021 by Randal

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Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, Canaanites, debate, genociide

The Extraordinary Evil of Dehumanizing Rhetoric Against the Canaanites

September 15, 2021 by Randal

Today, I was reading commentaries on Proverbs 20:30, a verse which commends physically beating people as a way to inculcate wisdom and goodness in them: “Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.” (Imagine how much pain and anguish has been inflicted on people as those in power cauterized their feelings […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, Canaanites, genocide

Frank Turek on the Slaughter of the Canaanites. And My Response.

June 2, 2021 by Randal

The perfectly awful apologetic defense of the Canaanite slaughter in this clip concisely captures why I wrote Jesus Loves Canaanites. Let’s begin with the video (it’s only six minutes). I’ll then post my commentary below. ? The video begins with a question posed by the moderator of what appears to be an in-church training event. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Canaanites, Frank Turek, genocide

Quick Thought on Canaanite Genocide and the Brutalizing Effects of Violence

May 14, 2020 by Randal

You can’t hire a guy to work 9-5 in a slaughterhouse and not expect that to affect how he interacts with animals outside the workplace. The same principle applies in war. People can only sustain the cognitive dissonance introduced by combat situations for so long before it affects their character generally. The history of war […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical ethics, biblical violence, canaanite genocide, Canaanites, ethics

On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide (Part 4)

February 17, 2013 by Randal

In this article I continue my critique of William Lane Craig’s “Reasonable Faith” podcast episode “Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites.” In this fourth installment I will critique Craig’s appeal to Israel’s status as a theocracy. We join the podcast in progress as it approaches the 6 minute mark and Craig states: “This is not a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical atrocity, Canaanites, ethics, genocide, Old Testament, theocracy, William Lane Craig

Crematoria for the Canaanites?

December 20, 2012 by Randal

The other day I was speaking with a friend who had recently returned from a trip to Germany. The trip to Auschwitz was certainly not the “high point” of his trip, but it was undoubtedly the most emotionally arresting, memorable part. Since I’ve never been I could only listen to his chilling description and imagine […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: acquaintance knowledge, Auschwitz, Bible, Canaanites, genocide, herem

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