Re: [asa] The Old Testament God is ..

Perhaps rather than the cryptic "discuss" instruction, a good idea would be
to go through Dawkins's adjectives and see if a biblical quotation can be
applied to each one, and discuss how we as Christians would respond to the
accusation that such a God is arguably the most unpleasant character in
fiction. I can see "infanticidal" refers to the passover, but I'm at a loss
to see where Dawkins justifies "sadomasochistic".

Any future contributions from Janice would be much appreciated if they
contain at least 50% of words actually written by her.

Iain

On 10/1/06, Robert Schneider <rjschn39@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> And neither Dawkins nor Ham understand Scripture. They would simply be
> trading hyperboles.
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Michael Roberts <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>
> *To:* Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com> ; ASA list <asa@calvin.edu>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 01, 2006 4:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [asa] The Old Testament God is ..
>
> How about handcuffing Dawkins to Ken Ham for a week? They would have to do
> everything together.
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com>
> *To:* ASA list <asa@calvin.edu>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:01 PM
> *Subject:* [asa] The Old Testament God is ..
>
> "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud
> of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive,
> bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist,
> infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal,
> sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully"
>
> Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion".
>
> Rather than give my own views on this typical Dawkins vitriolic passage
> that no-doubt will have choir-fulls of atheists in raptures, I shall do the
> school examination question.
>
> Discuss.
>
> Iain
>
>

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