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Is God a Moral Monster

The Old Testament & Our Questions Author: Paul Copan In Is God a Moral Monster? author Paul Copan dissects those verses and chapters in the Old Testament that everyone from the veteran believer to the adamant atheist finds inexplicable and disturbing. If our God is one of mercy and love – why did He tell the Israelites to commit genocide against the Canaanites? Why is slavery accepted in the Bible? Why is the Old Testament populated by weird laws and rituals? Why was Abraham asked to sacrifice his only son? Why are women treated as possessions for sale? Why are foreigners [...]

Buried Secrets

A True Story of Black Magic and Murder Author: Edward Humes In the 1980s a rash of strange murders took place in Mexico along the U.S. border. No one reacted until an American spring breaker, Mark Kilroy, went missing. Spurred by a sudden interest (and pressure) from the U.S., the Mexican federal police began to unravel a long string of drug deals, human sacrifice, and black magic leading all the way back to a vicious cult lead by Adolfo Constanzo (El Padrino). Buried Secrets is a nonfiction book told with the flair and vividness of a novel. Edward Humes’s investigation is [...]