Comments on: The Bible: Bloodthirsty Text or Solid Witness? https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hermano https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/#comment-6217 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:32:43 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=969#comment-6217 Two suggested essays:

“Is God Violent, Or Nonviolent?” at

http://evangelicaluniversalist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6581

and

“Is God Bloodthirsty?” at

http://evangelicaluniversalist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7195

Blessings.

]]> By: Brian https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/#comment-23 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:29:02 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=969#comment-23 In reply to Colin Meadows.

Thanks Colin. I agree. Without the second book, there are a number of conflicting conclusions we could draw.

]]> By: Colin Meadows https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/#comment-22 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:50:14 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=969#comment-22 Brian, many thanks for your blog for I enjoy your style of writing… it is most refreshing! I find the ‘book of nature’ can at times give evidence both ways concerning the existence or not of a benevolent God. For myself, it has been the way the second book, the Bible, has influenced my life that I find most profound!

]]> By: Brian https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/#comment-21 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:33:08 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=969#comment-21 In reply to Andrew.

A very good point. Guess you can argue it two ways. Technically no question about it. The Bible is a collection of books and you find many different genre within its pages.

In favour of thinking of it in the singular is that you don’t want to miss its essential unity – which in its own way is really remarkable, given the diversity of its authorship and the long period of its composition.

]]> By: Andrew https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-bible-bloodthirsty-text-or-solid-witness/#comment-20 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:23:34 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=969#comment-20 Quick question – is it more accurate to refer to the Bible as “the Books” (tà biblía)? And there are letters and songs in there too, to make things more confusing. I often wonder if referring to it as a single book does a little more harm than good…

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