The conversation began when I raised some problems with calling God the perfect Father based on particular depictions in the […]
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Reading biblical horrors post-Enlightenment
David P writes: My problem is this: a) Prior to the Enlightenment, everyone pretty much read the Abraham/Isaac passage literally […]
Bible, biblical interpretation, Enlightenment, hermeneutics, human sacrifice, inspiration“Is God a Moral Monster?” A Review (Part 2)
Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011. ISBN […]
Abraham and Isaac, human sacrifice, Is God a Moral Monster?, Old Testament morality, Paul CopanCommitting moral horrors in God’s name revisited (yet again)
In “The mutilation of Isaac” I argued that it would have been wrong for Abraham to kill and mutilate his […]
Abraham, defeater, human sacrifice, justification, Matthew Flannagan, warrantThe mutilation of Isaac
Matthew Flannagan, respected analytic theologian, Christian apologist and faithful blogger, has taken issue with my argument that God would not […]
Abraham, faith, human sacrifice, Matthew Flannagan, Old Testament ethicsTeach your children well (and don’t mutiliate their corpses)
Last November I was on a panel discussion with Matt Flannagan at the Evangelical Philosophical Society in Atlanta talking about […]
Abraham, Evangelical Philosophical Society, human sacrifice, Matt Flannagan, Old Testament ethicsThe day God (didn’t) command a father to kill his child
Some quick background At the already mentioned evening of fun and frolic at SBL in Atlanta, I rediscovered something I […]
divine command, human sacrifice, problem of evil