Paul Copan: Yahweh Wars
Paul Copan recently published a response to the criticisms he had received on his article “Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?” titled “Yahweh Wars and the Canaanites”. You can click the links to go to their respective articles. Both worth reading, and both (in my opinion) interesting reads.
On an entirely different note, I’ve recently gotten married and am moving across the (my) country, which has been the focus of the last few months. When everything is done and I’m “settled in,” I should begin producing more (better, hopefully) content again, probably mid-July.
Edit* Make that some time before September. While I’ll have content written, I won’t have a stable enough connection to update regularly, though there will certainly be more updates after July 4th.… (Read more)
Old Testament: Moral Monstrocities
A little while ago I ran across an article by philosopher Paul Copan in which he discusses the seeming moral issues in the Old Testament, especially where the apparent Israelite slaughter of the Canaanite tribes is involved. It’s a bit of a long read, though interesting and worth it if you into the topic. You can find the article here.
I plan on giving this another read myself as I recently came across a line of argument (though, sadly, have misplaced the source) which attempts to create a distinction between Israel effectively committing genocide (as the charge goes), and Israel being commanded to drive out, but not slaughter, the tribes of Canaan. Seems to be worth a second look, assuming I can find it again.… (Read more)
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