S9 Ep964: Is God a Moral Monster? Dr. Paul Copan
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Paul Copan (Ph.D., Philosophy, Marquette University) is a Christian theologian, analytic philosopher, apologist, and author. He is currently a professor at the Palm Beach Atlantic University (Florida) and holds the endowed Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics.
He is author or editor of over 40 books, including works such as Is God a Moral Monster? and the forthcoming Is God a Vindictive Bully?--both of which are the focus of our conversation.
In this episode, we discuss several problem passages in the Old Testament including the conquest of Canaan, the mauling of the young men who taunted Elisha (2 Kings 2), the killing of Uzzah who touched the ark (2 Sam 6), and the seemingly strange statements about women in Deuteronomy 21-22.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in the Raw. I'm so excited about this |
| 0:03.7 | episode. I have on the show the one and only doctor Paul Copan. Paul has a PhD in philosophy |
| 0:09.5 | from Marquette University. He's a Christian theologian analytic philosopher, a polygist and author |
| 0:14.8 | of over 40 books. He is currently professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida and holds |
| 0:20.4 | the endowed pleasure, family chair, philosophy, and ethics. He's written a ton of great books. |
| 0:26.0 | The one that, well, the two that we're going to talk about on this podcast are two are, |
| 0:31.6 | is God a moral monster, which I read 10 years ago. And it was so good, so helpful dealt with a lot |
| 0:37.6 | of problem passages in the Old Testament. And he's has a fourth coming book coming out in the fall |
| 0:43.3 | called is God a vindictive bully. And so we talk about several problem passages in the Old Testament, |
| 0:50.4 | the conquest of Canaan, the molline of the kids with the female bears and second kings too. |
| 0:56.9 | If you know that passage, we talk about some of the passages statements on women in the Book of |
| 1:02.3 | Deuteronomy that are difficult and other problem passages. So yeah, I'm so excited for this episode. |
| 1:08.1 | Paul is a wonderful Christian, a serious student of Bible. And I just, I learned so much in this |
| 1:15.2 | conversation. So please welcome to the show. Do you want to know me, Dr. Paul Coopan? |
| 1:26.6 | All right, hey friends. I'm here with Paul Coopan. Paul, this is long overdue. |
| 1:30.8 | I've been wanting to have you on for a while. I'm really excited to have this conversation. |
| 1:34.8 | Yeah, thanks for giving us an hour of your day. This is, I really appreciate it. Sure. |
| 1:38.6 | So your book, I first came across your name 10 years ago with your, I don't know if it's your first |
| 1:44.6 | book, at least the, well, the first one I read is got a moral monster. Is that your, that's |
| 1:49.2 | not your first book, is it? Or is it? My first book was in 1998, true for you, but not for me. |
| 1:54.4 | I've done about 40 books. So that was in the middle of things. So it is, I would, is, |
| 2:03.6 | is got a moral monster? Is that the most popular book you've written that has gotten the most |
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