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Paul Copan vs Randal Rauser on Canaanite Conquest: A Debate Breakdown

UPCOMING ONLINE COURSE Wrestling with Old Testament violence? 😟 Our course "When God Commands the Unthinkable" gives you clarity and confidence with the COVENANT framework. 🎯 Waitlist perks: ✅ First access to enroll ✅ Special founder's pricing (Save 50%) ✅ Exclusive early bird bonuses Find answers. Strengthen your faith. 💪 👉 Join here: https://www.christianphilosophyacadem... VIDEO DESCRIPTION Did God command genocide in the Old Testament? It's one of the most disturbing questions for Christians and critics alike. How can the God who seemingly ordered the violent destruction of the Canaanites be the same loving Father revealed in Jesus? In this video, I breakdown the debate between Paul Copan and Randal Rauser, featured on the Premier Unbelievable? podcast. Then I share my view that offers a third way. It embraces key insights from Copan and Rauser, but it also goes beyond their views in important ways. In the debate: ➡️ Paul Copan (Is God a Vindictive Bully?) argues for context! Was the "destruction" hyperbolic war talk? Were these cities military forts, not full of civilians? Copan pushes for understanding the herem command within its Ancient Near Eastern world and seeing continuity between the Old and New Testament God. ➡️ Randal Rauser (Jesus Loves Canaanites) counters with moral intuition. Can we ever justify killing innocents based on divine command? Rauser offers Jesus's character as the ultimate lens and explores controversial ideas like Providential Errancy Theory (PET), which holds God allowed moral errors in the text. ➡️ Christopher Cloos (Covenant Virtue Ethics) defines morality as reflecting God's revealed character, particularly attributes like mercy, justice, faithfulness, and holiness (Exodus 34:6-7). Using Target-Centered Virtue Ethics, it analyzes actions by whether they appropriately hit the divine "Target" (goal) aligned with God's character within a specific "Field" (context), considering the "Basis" (reasons) and using a fitting "Mode" (method). By integrating insights on divine authority (Murphy), interpretation/accommodation (Swinburne), God's ultimate goal of relationship (Stump), and Christ's role in overcoming evil (Adams), CVE seeks to demonstrate the coherence of God's actions throughout Scripture with His perfect character, upholding biblical integrity without claiming textual errors. LEARN MORE ABOUT COVENANT VIRTUE ETHICS Read the Blog Post: https://www.christianphilosophyacadem... WATCH THE FULL DEBATE    • Can we reconcile the Canaanite conque...