Is the God of the Bible a bully? A top objection to Christianity argues that God is not good, for instance, because He drowned people in the global flood, commanded the Israelites to kill other nations, and condemns people to hell. Let’s explore how to think about such arguments by checking what Scripture says about three things.
Does the Bible condone slavery? Let’s get to the heart of this significant question by asking some questions of our own, revealing that a Biblical worldview—not an evolutionary one—provides a foundation for valuing all human life. With that in mind, we can start breaking down the slavery question...
Does the Bible condone slavery? Let’s apply Critical Thinking Check #4, Check the Definitions, to unpack what slavery in Old and New Testament cultures involved, how it compared to most Westerners’ concepts of slavery today, and how Scripture truly addresses the issue of human exploitation.
Biogeography, the study of living things’ geographic distributions, supposedly supports evolution. But is that true? Let’s apply some Critical Thinking Checks to the popular claim that marsupials (like kangaroos) live only on southern continents because their ancestors evolved there.