“We should carefully study and qualify the nature of violence in Scripture, but we must not do violence to Scripture in the process.”
Paul Copan & Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? (Kindle location 894).
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Scripture abuse
“We should be distressed by professing Christians’ abuse of Scripture, using such texts to justify the subjugation of women, the horrors of the slave trade, and the oppression of people groups.”
Paul Copan & Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? (Kindle location 787).
three affirmations
“Biblical theists are people who affirm both that a loving and just God exists and that the Bible is the authoritative Word of God.”
Paul Copan & Matthew Flannagan, Did God Really Command Genocide? (Kindle location 636).
hermeneutical factors
“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
“…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.
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