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Joshua 6 in Zondervan’s True Images Bible

April 23, 2014 by Randal

I have long been interested in the way that Bibles interact with the violent portions of scripture. In “How do you teach God’s genocide to children?” I noted how the Zondervan Adventure Bible for children deals (or doesn’t deal) with the genocidal mandate in Deuteronomy 20. Here below I have another example, this one drawn […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, genocide, herem, hermeneutics, inspiration, Joshua, Larry Norman, revelation

Outraged at homosexuality, but unaware of genocide, and not angered by poverty?

March 27, 2014 by Randal

You have to wonder how World Vision could be so out of touch with their constituency that they would think any policy change regarding homosexuality would be anything less than catastrophic? As soon as they lifted the ban on hiring practicing homosexuals, the response was swift as conservative evangelicals across North America vocally expressed their outrage […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, evangelicalism, gay marriage, genocide, homosexuality, hypocrisy, morality, World Vision

William Lane Craig on genocide as a sign of purity

March 11, 2013 by Randal

This is the tenth installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide. For part nine, “The Canaanite genocide as cruel and unusual punishment in extremis,” click here. We rejoin the podcast at (14:16). Just prior to this point Craig had argued that God did not wrong the Canaanite adults […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, Canaanite, ethics, genocide, Old Testament, problem of evil, William Lane Craig

The Canaanite genocide as cruel and unusual punishment in extremis

March 5, 2013 by Randal

We’ve now arrived at the ninth installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig’s podcast “Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites.” And you’re thinking to yourself: “Geez, isn’t this overkill? Move on Rauser.” And I’m thinking: “That pun was in poor taste. And I’m not moving on, because there is just so much […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Canaanite, ethics, genocide, herem, Old Testament, Rwanda, war, William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig thinks the Canaanites should’ve run! (And too bad if they didn’t.)

March 4, 2013 by Randal

This is the eight installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig’s podcast “Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites.” In this installment we’re going to return to an excerpt from the podcast which I transcribed originally in part 5. In this section Craig argues that the Canaanites had time to “get out of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Canaanite, ethics, genocide, Old Testament, war, William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig on killing the Canaanite infants

March 4, 2013 by Randal

This is the seventh installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig’s podcast on “Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites.” You can find the sixth installment here. As in previous installments, we’ll begin with Craig’s own words as we join his discussion at 10:57 into the podcast: “So the only moral question that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, genocide, herem, holy war, William Lane Craig

Could the punishment for legalized abortion be a national abortion?

March 2, 2013 by Randal

In my article “William Lane Craig’s defense of genocide based on a reprobate culture” I pointed out that the “reprobate culture” rationale provided for slaughtering all the Canaanites could apply equally well to the United States based on the argument provided by Clay Jones. Bilbo replied by suggesting that one could plausibly argue for the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: abortion, ethics, genocide

William Lane Craig’s defense of genocide based on a reprobate culture

March 2, 2013 by Randal

This article is the sixth installment in my series “On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide”. (You can find part five here.) At this point we join the conversation at 10:32 into the podcast when Craig observes: “When you think how utterly corrupt these Canaanite cultures were — practicing child sacrifice to their gods, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, genocide, herem, holy war, Joshua, Old Testament, William Lane Craig

On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide (Part 5)

March 1, 2013 by Randal

In the fourth installment of my critique of William Lane Craig’s podcast defending the Canaanite genocide, Matthew Flannagan reiterated an objection he had posted in response to an earlier installment of the series, namely that Craig does not understand himself to be defending genocide. Matt writes: “Craig has repeatedly explicitly denied that the command was to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: genocide, Matthew Flannagan, Old Testament, war, William Lane Craig

Evangelicals who redefine genocide? A response to Justin Taylor

February 24, 2013 by Randal

A few days ago Matt Flannagan took issue with my claim that William Lane Craig is defending biblical genocide. In Matt’s view, what Craig is defending is not genocide at all. It soon became evident that Matt and I disagree over how the word “genocide” is to be defined. This is an important issue and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, ethnic cleansing, genocide, Justin Taylor, Old Testament, theology

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

Putting God in the Dock? A response to Justin Taylor

February 13, 2013 by Randal

Thanks to Adam Omelianchuk and Walter for making me aware of Justin Taylor’s posted defense of biblical genocides. As Walter noted in his comment, there isn’t anything new here. But after giving it a brief read I did decide to comment on one section that reflects a very common error in thinking. Here’s what Taylor […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, exegesis, genocide, God, hermeneutics, Justin Taylor, Old Testament, violence

On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide (Part 3)

February 12, 2013 by Randal

In the second installment of this series I argued that we have excellent reasons to believe that genocide is a moral atrocity and that God, being morally perfect, would not command people to commit a moral atrocity. In addition, I developed an analogy between genocide and rape by noting that Christians would widely accept that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, Canaanite, ethics, genocide, Reasonable Faith, violence, William Lane Craig

On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide (Part 2)

February 9, 2013 by Randal

In my first installment in this series I argued that conservative Christian apologists like William Lane Craig and Paul Copan are at their weakest when they argue that God commanded putative moral atrocities like genocide. And I noted that the interlocutor for my critical discussion would be William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, ethics, genocide, moral atrocity, moral perception, Old Testament, rape, William Lane Craig

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