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Is God a Moral Monster?

Why won’t Paul Copan respond to Thom Stark?

September 27, 2011 by Randal

They say it is better for a book to be reviled or attacked than ignored. If ever there was a case to challenge that common wisdom, it is found with Thom Stark’s book-length review of Paul Copan’s book Is God a Moral Monster? (Baker, 2011). Stark’s review is called Is God a Moral Compromiser? It […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, biblical ethics, Is God a Moral Compromiser?, Is God a Moral Monster?, truth

Reflections on the Thom Stark-Paul Copan debate

June 21, 2011 by Randal

Robert helpfully supplied a link to Paul Copan’s much anticipated response to Thom Stark’s three hundred page review of Is God a Moral Monster? Having read Paul’s book, the first hundred pages of Thom’s review, and the entirety of Paul Copan’s response (which, thankfully, was much shorter), I have some initial thoughts. First, I think Thom Stark […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Is God a Moral Compromiser?, Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan, Thom Stark

Thom Stark’s review of Paul Copan’s “Is God a Moral Monster?”

April 26, 2011 by Randal

Thom Stark has completed his review of Paul Copan’s Is God a Moral Monster. The review is available here. I haven’t read the review yet because, well, I don’t have ten hours to spare. (Me suspects nobody will ever fault Thom Stark for failing to meet his word count.) Anyway, based on my limited experience […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan, Thom Stark

“Is God a Moral Monster? A Review (Part 4)

April 11, 2011 by Randal

Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011.  ISBN 978-0-8010-7275-8. 252 pp. The time has come to draw this review to a close. In this final installment of the review I’ll focus on Copan’s treatment of human sacrifice, genocide and ethnic cleansing in scripture. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethnic cleansing, genocide, Is God a Moral Monster?, Old Testament ethics, Paul Copan

“Is God a Moral Monster?” A Review (Part 3)

April 5, 2011 by Randal

In this section of the review (a review which will now likely be at least four parts) I want to focus on a dilemma Copan faces: either admit that certain actions undertaken by the Israelites which they attributed to divine direction were morally barbaric and should be rejected, or affirm that these actions really were morally good, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Is God a Moral Monster?, Old Testament ethics, Paul Copan, stoning

“Is God a Moral Monster?” A Review (Part 2)

April 3, 2011 by Randal

Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011.  ISBN 978-0-8010-7275-8. 252 pp. Note to the reader: this was originally going to be a two part review. I’ve decided to extend it to three (or more) parts so I can stretch my legs a bit. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Abraham and Isaac, human sacrifice, Is God a Moral Monster?, Old Testament morality, Paul Copan

“Is God a Moral Monster?” A Review (Part 1)

April 1, 2011 by Randal

Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011.  ISBN 978-0-8010-7275-8. 252 pp. Much has been written in recent years on the moral problems with the depiction of God in the Old Testament. Paul Copan’s Is God a Moral Monster? is a welcome entry to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Is God a Moral Monster?, new atheism, Old Testament ethics, Paul Copan

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