ethics and bible difficulties
PRTH 576
Summary
Explore the Ethics and Bible Difficulties course and what you can expect to learn through the semester.
Course Overview
After briefly introducing biblical ethics (in contrast to popular ethical systems today), this course examines objections to the Christian faith that relate to morality.
The biblical positions on controversial moral issues are defended, and supposed biblical inconsistencies (on both ethical and non-ethical issues) are dealt with.
Textbooks
- See the current booklist.
Professor: Dr. Stephen Smith
Professor: Dr. Mark Bird
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you will have
- Demonstrated a passion for sharing and defending your faith.
- Become more proficient in refuting moral relativism and in using the moral argument for the existence of God.
- Effectively answered moral objections to Christianity, such as “How could a good and omnipotent God allow evil into the world, “ “Is God a moral monster?” and “How could a good God send anyone to Hell?”
- Used logic and Scripture to defend a biblical view of gender, marriage, and social justice.
- Learned to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence from a biblical perspective.
- Addressed supposed contradictions in both the Old and New Testaments.
- Dialogued with unbelievers, using valid arguments in an effective manner.