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sacrifice

Is rape worse than sacrifice?

August 18, 2012 by Randal

Like other people, Christians react with horror at the idea of a divinely commanded rape. “God would never command rape!” they insist. So you might expect that they would be equally incredulous to the prospect of God commanding the killing and mutilation of a child as a sacrifice. But no. On this point many believe […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, genocide, rape, sacrifice

Abraham, Isaac and a big knife. Like, wassup with that?

January 25, 2011 by Randal

James asks, “I’m pretty sure I just missed this and you’ve talked about it somewhere (if so, just point me to it), but how do you interpret the story in Genesis where God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son if you believe that God would never ask someone to sacrifice their son? Or do you […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Abraham, hermeneutics, Old Testament ethics, sacrifice

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