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Did God Really Command Genocide? – Coming to Terms with the Justice of God
Paul Copan
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Description for Did God Really Command Genocide? – Coming to Terms with the Justice of God
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. Even Christians have a hard time stomaching such a thought, and many avoid reading those difficult Old Testament passages that make us squeamish. Instead, we quickly jump to the enemy-loving, forgiving Jesus of the New Testament. And yet, the question doesn't go away. Did God really command genocide? Is the command to "utterly destroy" morally unjustifiable? Is it literal? Are the issues more complex and nuanced than we realize? In the tradition ... Read more
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. Even Christians have a hard time stomaching such a thought, and many avoid reading those difficult Old Testament passages that make us squeamish. Instead, we quickly jump to the enemy-loving, forgiving Jesus of the New Testament. And yet, the question doesn't go away. Did God really command genocide? Is the command to "utterly destroy" morally unjustifiable? Is it literal? Are the issues more complex and nuanced than we realize? In the tradition ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9780801016226
SKU
V9780801016226
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About Paul Copan
Paul Copan (PhD, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida. He is the author of several popular apologetics books, including Is God a Moral Monster? and lives with his wife and five children in Florida. Matthew Flannagan (PhD, University of Otago) is a researcher and a teaching pastor ... Read more
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