Defending TROUBLING issues in the Old Testament with Mike and Dave

#bible #oldtestament #bookofmormon #lds #noahsflood #towerofbabel #slavery #genocide #scripture In this episode with Mike Day and Dave Butler we discuss 5 main issues or challenges in the Old Testament. 1) Noah and the flood and if its global, local or mythical? 2) The Tower of Babel and the Jaredite narrative 3) Slavery in the Bible 4) Genocide in the Old Testament 5) The God of the Old Testament seeming wrathful and vengeful Timecodes 00:00 Intro 02:55 Two different flood accounts 07:24 Interpreting the flood- global, regional or mythological? 13:45 Could the Genesis flood story be based upon earlier flood myths? 18:14 Is the tower of Babel a etiological myth? 33:23 The great tower mentioned in the Jaredites- is Ether 1 more from Moroni? 42:56 Is the mention of the Tower and confounding of languages a clear textual and historical anachronism? 45:20 Slavery in the Bible 52:36 The Book of Mormon and D&C taking a different position to slavery 59:28 Human elements in scripture and faults in the Book of Mormon 1:01:42 Genocide in the Old Testament e.g Deuteronomy 20 1:17:20 Are the Genocide narrative politically motivated to include it in the stories and history? 1:21:14 Is there any archaeological evidence to support the mass Genocide spoken of in the biblical texts? 1:27:40 Why is the God of the Old Testament often depicted as angry and vengeful? 1:30:50 If there are errors or mistakes, how can we discern and know what's true and inspired? 1:44:16 Final thoughts Don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe to my channel! You can visit my other platforms. I mostly post on my MormonismwiththeMurph facebook profile! Check out my website https://mormonism-with-the-murph.co.uk Check out my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Facebook profile   / mormonismwiththemurph   The podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0wZVNBA... Follow me on Instagram   / mormonismwiththemurph   Donations are appreciated to help keep the channel going, and to pay for software, eitin You can donate to support at my donor box https://donorbox.org/org_admin/campai... You can donate to go fund me at my go fund me here https://www.gofundme.com/manage/to-gr... You can donate through the website https://www.mormonism-with-the-murph.... You can send one off donations via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/smy19... You can donate to my Patreon   / mormonismwiththemurph