Tag Archives: Old Testament

“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 , , , , , , | Comments (9)

“Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? An Overview”

A popular-level follow-up to Paul Copan’s book on the ethics of the Old Testament: If Bible-believing Southerners had followed Israel’s law code, antebellum slavery would not have existed or been much of an issue. [From Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? An Overview]

April 19, 2011 – 6:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Bible, Life and Choices, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (82)

“Maverick Philosopher: Dennett on the Deformation of the God Concept”

From Bill Vallicella: One of the striking features of Daniel C. Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Viking 2006) is that Dennett seems bent on having a straw man to attack. This is illustrated by his talk of the “deformation” of the concept of God: “I can think of no other concept …

July 6, 2009 – 7:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments (6)