Month: April 2015

hermeneutical factors

April 2015 (3)“Character, context, and likely purposes in making an utterance are all factors that make for a sensible interpretation.  Proper interpretation requires more than simply paying attention to words.”

  Paul Copan & Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? (Kindle location 546).

square circles

April 2015 (2)

“…they reveal their mistaken understanding of divine command theory by raising such nonsensical questions as, ‘What if God commanded something intrinsically evil?’ This is like asking ‘What would it be like if square circles existed?’”

  Paul Copan & Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? p.12.