In the book Is God a Moral Monster author and apologist Paul Copan sets out to offer a response to the argument New Age Atheists make that God lacks humility and was a moral monster in terms of New Testament ethics. Copan shows the reader throughout the book how God is not a prideful God, and that he is humble, self-giving, other-centered Being.
Paul Copan takes on the views of some of the most prominent New Age Atheists, in particular Richard Dawkins. Dawkins claims that God is obsessed with his own superiority over rival Gods. He claims that the God of the Bible craves praise, seeks attention and worship, and that all Gods main objective is, is to make a name for himself because he is prideful. According to Richard Dawkins, the only reason behind God's deliverance of his people out of Egypt and other Old Testament feats is that it helped make a name for himself. Does God have an unhealthy self-preoccupation? Is Richard Dawkins right? When you examine these claims closer the answer is no, and Paul Copan uses his book to show that God is a humble, self-giving, other-centered Being.
The central claim New Age Atheists make when arguing that God is self-obsessed is that he is prideful and lacks humility. Paul Copan reminds us that before we …show more content…
The first goal is to provide guidance for Christians for how to deal with Old Testament ethics that seem extremely uncaring. The second goal is to provide some direct responses to a group of authors who consider themselves the New Atheists popular writers (Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett) have written numerous popular books criticizing religion often with direct attacks against the Old Testament and some of the troublesome ethics found within. In the latter chapters, Copan addresses the issues people have with God’s jealousy, and God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son and many other difficult
Paul Copan takes on the views of some of the most prominent New Age Atheists, in particular Richard Dawkins. Dawkins claims that God is obsessed with his own superiority over rival Gods. He claims that the God of the Bible craves praise, seeks attention and worship, and that all Gods main objective is, is to make a name for himself because he is prideful. According to Richard Dawkins, the only reason behind God's deliverance of his people out of Egypt and other Old Testament feats is that it helped make a name for himself. Does God have an unhealthy self-preoccupation? Is Richard Dawkins right? When you examine these claims closer the answer is no, and Paul Copan uses his book to show that God is a humble, self-giving, other-centered Being.
The central claim New Age Atheists make when arguing that God is self-obsessed is that he is prideful and lacks humility. Paul Copan reminds us that before we …show more content…
The first goal is to provide guidance for Christians for how to deal with Old Testament ethics that seem extremely uncaring. The second goal is to provide some direct responses to a group of authors who consider themselves the New Atheists popular writers (Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett) have written numerous popular books criticizing religion often with direct attacks against the Old Testament and some of the troublesome ethics found within. In the latter chapters, Copan addresses the issues people have with God’s jealousy, and God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son and many other difficult