tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post2282708987648578538..comments2024-03-28T05:47:54.177+00:00Comments on Philosophical Disquisitions: Did God Command Genocide? (Part 1) The ProblemJohn Danaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-44840083653826492402010-03-13T06:19:09.695+00:002010-03-13T06:19:09.695+00:00I can't tell you how freakin' great your b...I can't tell you how freakin' great your blog is, John.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-10300710949298195512010-03-12T17:36:23.726+00:002010-03-12T17:36:23.726+00:00That argument would have to ignore the specific re...That argument would have to ignore the specific reasons offered for the genocide at the time, namely: to cleanse Israel for the Jews. We need to ask whether that justification is any good.<br /><br />To put it another way, it isn't that there might be some payoff that hasn't materialised yet, or that we cannot know about. It is that there was supposed to be a payoff at the time and it is not clear whether that payoff (a) materialised or (b) was justified.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-19953374891120015462010-03-12T16:55:53.113+00:002010-03-12T16:55:53.113+00:00I'm no theist but one could argue that a trans...I'm no theist but one could argue that a transtemporal god could see more net good coming from the genocide, somehow.Rich Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037140349297065008noreply@blogger.com