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Is God a Vindictive Bully?

Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments

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Is God a Vindictive Bully?

By: Paul Copan
Narrated by: Jim Denison
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Critics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other "primitive," violence-prone prophets were mistaken about God's commands and character. Both sets of critics dismiss this allegedly harsh, flawed, "textual" Old Testament God in favor of the kind, compassionate, "actual" God revealed by Jesus. Are they right to do so?

Following his popular book Is God a Moral Monster?, noted apologist Paul Copan confronts false, imbalanced teaching that is confusing and misleading many Christians. Copan takes on some of the most difficult Old Testament challenges and places them in their larger historical and theological contexts. He explores the kindness, patience, and compassion of God in the Old Testament and shows how Jesus in the New Testament reveals not only divine kindness but also divine severity. The book is helpful for anyone interested in understanding the flaws in these emerging claims that are creating a destructive gap between the Testaments.

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The moral God makes more sense than we think when viewed through the eyes of our "internal sceptic" as Copan calls our desire to criticise our beliefs. The audiobook is tediously and tiresomely full of references and the voice is monotonous but this isn't meant to be a fun-times adventure book.
Highly recommended for those of us who have actually read the Bible and are continuing to seek answers as non-theologians.

An excellent overview of the criticisms of Christianity

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