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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge So you admit God installed Deborah as a judge then? You just feel that it was to insult the Canaanites and Israel? Your claim that God had ordained male authority—even in the OT—is clearly wrong. Otherwise, G...

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge So you admit God installed Deborah as a judge then? You just feel that it was to insult the Canaanites and Israel? Your claim that God had ordained male autho

debate
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-08

Comparing OT and NT severity of divine judgment is a category error: the OT covers thousands of years of history while the NT covers only a brief first-century window

First counter-argument in response to whether God's punishment lessons in intensity over time

God's character divine judgment OT vs NT
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Q&A: Canaanite genocide — was it genocide, and does God have the right to kill?

Question from Texas Tech asking how to justify God commanding the killing of Canaanites, which skeptics call genocide.

theodicy apologetics divine judgment
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-09

The Canaanite genocide: why God commanded Israel to kill rather than drive out or convert

Question from Lindsey Kelso about the moral difficulty of God commanding Israel to kill thousands of Canaanites.

Deuteronomy / Joshua conquest texts Theodicy Children and salvation Canaanite conquest
Mike Winger idea 2020-03-04

Q: Would God ever order a killing (like the Canaanites)? Yes. God has the moral right to give and take life as Creator. The death penalty in the OT shows justified killing. When God commands killing, it's on his authority — normally it would be murder, but divine command transforms the moral status. The burden is on those who claim God could never do this under any circumstances.

Q&A — God commanding killing in the OT

divine command death penalty Canaanite conquest