Week 5: Objection 4 — God Isn't Worth Worshiping If He Kills Innocent Children

1.What specific Old Testament passages does Strobel identify as most troubling — both to himself and to the skeptics he has encountered? Which of those passages do you find most difficult to read with a clear conscience?

2.Geisler argues that God, as the Author of life, has the sovereign right to determine when and how life ends — and that this is categorically different from a human being taking a life arbitrarily. Do you find that distinction morally satisfying, or does it feel like it proves too much (i.e., it could be used to justify anything attributed to God)?

3.Geisler discusses the Canaanite conquest, arguing that God's commands must be understood in the context of centuries of patient warning, extreme moral corruption, and the preservation of the messianic line through Israel. How does that historical context change (or fail to change) your moral response to the text?