{"id":657,"date":"2021-08-02T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=657"},"modified":"2021-08-02T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:39:29","slug":"097-bad-things-in-the-bible-a-discussion-with-two-ex-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/097-bad-things-in-the-bible-a-discussion-with-two-ex-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"097 – Bad Things in the Bible – A Discussion with Two Ex-Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am discussing with Derek Lambert of \u00a0@MythVision Podcast<\/a> on YouTube and Dr. Josh Bowen of \u00a0@Digital Hammurabi<\/a>. Derek Lambert has an amazing YouTube channel with many high-profile interviews of academics discussing the Bible and history. Dr. Joshua graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in Assyriology in 2016 and has authored many books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MythVision: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWVCimOe67LOfyi9PjUeGgA <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Hammurabi: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBQo27DbqeB-xG17-kekrdQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW! The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament
Joshua Bowen (2021)
(https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4jj2tcny<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube version of this podcast: https:\/\/youtu.be\/EKDscqP-SHE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timestamps for the podcast: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions
1:52 Derek\u2019s religious background
6:53 Dr. Josh\u2019s academic and religious background
9:35 What does the phrase \u2018heavens and earth\u2019 mean as used in the Bible and Quran
12:52 Genesis 1 and the creation story.
18:35 Why do apologists try to reinterpret the religious text to make them fit the current scientific understanding of the universe?
20:01 Quranic verses that speak to the creation of heaven and the earth. Parallels between these stories and the creation stories in the Christian worldview.
23:24 How the Scientific method builds on previously known information from previous generations
27:30 The impact of reading religious text in a more literalistic way.
29:22 Dr. Josh\u2019s channel – Digital Hammurabi
30:44 The epic of Gilgamish (continued)
32:02 The problem of taking the religious text as infallible.
34:57 Responding to comment in the chat on whether the Bible contains any good things.
36:32 The problem of child sacrifices
46:43 How does the child sacrifice make sense – The atheist\u2019s handbook to the Old Testament by Dr. Josh
52:40 Channel announcements.
53:10 The problems of the God in the Old Testament – First Samuel 15
55:13 What are Nephilim?
59:34 Responding to comments from the chat
1:00:36 God\u2019s evolvement in some of the atrocities in the Bible.
1:08:55 Does the Bible endorse slavery or just describe the way of life in the old times?
1:15:34 God commanding people to commit atrocities.
1:17:18 Legalistic portions of the bible on slavery. Did chattel slavery exist in Israel?
1:22:18 Slavery in the New Testament. 1st Timothy 1:10. Ways for acquiring slaves
1:32:18 Treatment of slaves according to the Bible.
1:37:15 Super chats. Parallels between slavery in Islam and slavery in Christianity
1:40:33 Galatians 3:28
1:42:25 Exodus 21 – Rules for freeing debt slaves.
1:44:00 Differences between the rules on the treatment of slaves in Christianity and Islam.
1:48:34 The role of the church in the abolishment of slavery – Gregory Nyssa
And other religious leaders
1:50:41 What is humanism all about?
1:52:15 Why did Dr. Josh name his channel Digital Hammurabi
1:55:45 Abdullah\u2019s final remarks.
1:56:26 Derek\u2019s final remarks.
1:58:40 If Jesus absolved us of our sins, why is homosexuality forbidden?
2:01:28 Dr. Josh\u2019s final remarks<\/p>\n

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