Tremper Longman III - On The Genocide Of God - Part 11

Tremper Longman is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies. He came to Westmont in the 1998-99 school year after teaching for eighteen years at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. His teaching responsibilities at Westmont include Life and Literature of the Old Testament (a GE requirement) as well as various upper division classes. Representative of the latter is the course in Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Psalms and Wisdom, the Pentateuch, and the Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context. Dr. Longman has degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.), Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and Yale University (M.Phil.; Ph.D.). He has written a number of articles and books including Fictional Akkadian Autobiography, Introduction to the Old Testament, How to Read the Psalms, Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, Old Testament Commentary Survey, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, and God is a Warrior. He has written a short commentary on the minor prophet Micah, as well as major commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Daniel, and Nahum. In addition, he has teamed up with the psychologist Dan Allender to write four books: Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, and Bold Purpose. At present, he is engaged in research on the history of Israel, the biblical genres in the light of ancient Near Eastern literature, as well as commentaries on Proverbs and Jeremiah. He has also been active in the area of Bible translation, in particular he serves on the central committee that produced and now monitors the New Living Translation. Tremper and his wife Alice have three sons. In his spare time, he watches movies and plays squash.

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[deutschbuch30]

So you apply the "sin" and "judge sin" excuse to justify genocide;Oh! they disobeyed God.

Hitler too had an excuse for killing the Jews, Stalin & Mao too had the same excuses:

"They are enemies of the state, they conspired against us, they deserved it..."

or "They are traitors, they are not part of the effort, they disobeyed us..."

I'd rather have it declared as "MIGHT IS RIGHT" pure and simple; without this crap and brainwashing.

To ALL Apologists out there:YOU'RE FIRED! GO get a real job.

[deutschbuch30]

So you apply the "sin" and "judge sin" excuse to justify genocide;Oh! they disobeyed God.

Hitler too had an excuse for killing the Jews, Stalin & Mao too had the same excuses:

"They are enemies of the state, they conspired against us, they deserved it..."

or "They are traitors, they are not part of the effort, they disobeyed us..."

I'd rather have it declared as "MIGHT IS RIGHT" pure and simple; without this crap and brainwashing.

To ALL Apologists out there:YOU"RE FIRED! GO get a real job.

[deutschbuch30]

So you apply the "sin" and "judge sin" excuse to justify genocide;

Oh! they disobeyed God.

Hitler too had an excuse for killing the Jews, Stalin & Mao too had the same excuses:

"They are enemies of the state, they conspired against us, they deserved it..."

or "They are traitors, hey are not part of the effort, they disobeyed us, t..."

I'd rather have it declared as "MIGHT IS RIGHT" pure and simple; without this crap and brainwashing.

To ALL Apologists out there:YOU"RE FIRED! GO get a real job.

[cawoodm]

Alastair, you are still admitting that God deals with Evil by means of violence. Evil repented is no longer Evil.

[AlastairHaines]

That's not entirely correct, cawoodm. Professor Longman says the Bible claims God will not let evil (physical or spiritual) flourish and grow forever. The Bible speaks of a *final* "day of judgment". The Bible also claims God promises amnesty from judgment for every evil person who wants to stop being evil. If you stop yourself, no violence is required to stop you. The Bible describes repentance as God's "Plan A". Judgment is "Plan B". Either way evil ends. That's God's plan, what's yours?

[cawoodm]

So God's way of dealing with Evil is, whether physical or spiritual, violence.