LINK: Is God a Moral Compromiser?

[This post was originally published on The Secular Outpost on October 24, 2011. It was republished here on November 8, 2021 with the date manually adjusted to reflect its original publication date. The link was also updated to its current location.]

Christian scholar Thom Stark has written a book-length rebuttal to Christian philosopher Paul Copan's book, Is God a Moral Monster? (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011).  The title of Stark's book is, Is God a Moral Compromiser? A Critical Review of Paul Copan's "Is God a Moral Monster?" (second ed.). Stark's entire book is available for free as a PDF file on his website.

Observant readers will notice I included a "new atheism" label on this post, insofar as the new atheists criticize the morality of the actions attributed to God by the Bible and insofar as Copan's book is partially a response to those criticisms.

LINK: Atheist Philosopher Julian Baggini Labels New Atheism "Destructive"

[This post was originally published on The Secular Outpost on October 24, 2011. It was republished here on November 8, 2021 with the date manually adjusted to reflect its original publication date.]

(This is another one for the "not new, but new for me" category.)

Julian Baggini, author of the excellent book, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, explains that the four horseman of the new atheism is a "backwards step. It reinforces what I believe is a myth, that an atheist without a bishop to bash is like a fish without water."