Series: God and Genocide « Thinking Christian

Did God Commit Genocide In the Bible?

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

The God of the Bible is often charged with gross immorality, especially for ordering entire nations to be destroyed in the Old Testament. He commanded Israel to cleanse Canaan of its immoral, idol-worshiping nations after the Exodus, and in 1 Samuel 15 he instructed them to destroy Amalek completely, “man and women, child and infant, …

June 7, 2009 – 2:40 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement, Knowing God | Tagged Bible, Core, Genocide, Old Testament | Comments (104)

God and Genocide: Clarifying the Question

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Early this week we started to take a look at whether God is guilty of genocide, in various places in the Old Testament where he commanded Israel to destroy certain nations. The question was whether these acts of God were evil, as genocide certainly is in any normal human instance. In that first post I …

June 13, 2009 – 7:31 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement, Knowing God | Tagged Genocide | Comments (44)

Resources on the Question of God and Genocide

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Matthew Anderson signaled this to us, and I want to be sure we all have opportunity to look at it: a continuing discussion on the question of God and his alleged acts of genocide in Philosophia Christi. Two of the papers are available online, both by Paul Copan: Is Yahweh a Moral Monster? The New …

June 15, 2009 – 4:21 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement, Knowing God | Tagged Genocide | Comments (45)

God and the Genocide Question

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

To finish my series on God and his alleged acts of genocide in the Old Testament (OT) will take a longer post than usual. I’ve divided this series into four entries, but there’s no good way to split this last one. First I want to remind you of something I mentioned very briefly last time, …

June 27, 2009 – 10:50 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement | Tagged Genocide | Comments (127)

The Bible, God, Genocide, Slavery, Misogyny, and Other Strange Stuff

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Book Review Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan The Old Testament God doesn’t seem to make sense. “New Atheists” like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris accuse him of genocide, and most Christians have no idea how to answer. Added to that are charges that …

April 7, 2011 – 6:08 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Bible, New Atheism | Comments (8)

“God Behaving Badly” by David T. Lamb

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Book Review God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist? by David T. Lamb “How does one reconcile the loving God of the Old Testament with the harsh God of the New Testament?” Say what? You read it right. That’s exactly how David Lamb opens God Behaving Badly. A few …

July 24, 2011 – 8:19 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Bible, Ethics | Tagged Bible, Book Review, David Lamb, God, Old Testament, racism, sexism | Comments (9)

Thinking Christian

Did God Commit Genocide In the Bible?

God and Genocide: Clarifying the Question

Resources on the Question of God and Genocide

God and the Genocide Question

The Bible, God, Genocide, Slavery, Misogyny, and Other Strange Stuff

“God Behaving Badly” by David T. Lamb

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