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divine command

Would you kill your child if God told you to?

December 20, 2018 by Randal

If God told you to kill your child as an act of faith, would you do it? — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) December 20, 2018

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, ethics, faith, morality

58. Matthew Flannagan on God and Genocide

January 13, 2015 by Randal

In his bestselling 2006 book The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins throws down the gauntlet against the Judeo-Christian God. While much of Dawkins’ book is devilishly quotable polemic, he arguably reaches his rhetorical apex with this oft-quoted passage: “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical ethics, biblical violence, Did God really command Genocide?, divine command, ethics, genocide, interview, Matthew Flannagan

39. Matthew Flannagan on God, ethics, and divine commands

March 11, 2014 by Randal

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” Genesis 22:1-2. People of faith have wrestled with the ethics of the […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical violence, divine command, ethics, hermeneutics, interview, Matthew Flannagan, metaethics, podcast

If God told you to sacrifice your child, would you?

August 16, 2012 by Randal

Jerry Shepherd believes that “The confession that Christ is Lord has to mean something.” Agreed. He then goes on to explain: “And for me, one of the things it means is calling him Lord even when I don’t understand his ways, and, yes, even upon occasion, when my moral sensitivities are taken aback. But if I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, ethics, Jerry Shepherd

Three theses on devotional child killing

November 25, 2010 by Randal

The article I presented at the Atlanta SBL meeting, titled “‘I want to give the baby to God’: Three theses on devotional child killing” is now available! This is the biggest release since Gran Turismo 5! So to read and/or download the paper you can click here or go find it in the “Academic Papers” […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Dena Schlosser, divine command, ethics, genocide, herem, moral epistemology, natural law

I want to know what evil is

November 24, 2010 by Randal

The critics never liked Foreigner much, but then their mullet-wearin’ Camaro-drivin’ fans never liked the critics much. And really, who could resist the infectious drive of an arena-grade power ballad like “I want to know what love is”? Although Lou Gramm may have been asking what love is, I think he had a reasonably good […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, ethics, evil, moral skepticism, moral virtue, morality

The day God (didn’t) command a father to kill his child

November 23, 2010 by Randal

  Some quick background At the already mentioned evening of fun and frolic at SBL in Atlanta, I rediscovered something I already knew: that in the minds of many Christians it is perfectly fine for God to demand his followers sometimes to engage in extremely violent acts in his name, perhaps even killing their healthy children […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, human sacrifice, problem of evil

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