Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?

Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?

The New Atheists and Old Testament Ethics

Paul Copan
Philosophy and Ethics
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Palm Beach, Florida

The New Atheists and the Old Testament: A Brief OverviewToday's "new atheists" are not at all impressed with the moral credentials of the Old Testament (OT) God. Oxonian Richard Dawkins thinks that Yahweh is truly a moral monster: "What makes my jaw drop is that people today should base their lives on such an appalling role model as Yahweh-and even worse, that they should bossily try to force the same evil monster (whether fact or fiction) on the rest of us."[1]

Dawkins deems God's commanding Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to be "disgraceful" and tantamount to "child abuse and bullying." ... Here’s the link to the rest of the article, it’s well worth reading!! http://www.epsociety.org/library/articles.asp?pid=45&mode=detail