So good to see a scriptural scholar challenge literalism. Morality, however, is dependent on context, era, dispositif. It is never and never has been, absolute.
"God’s omniscience and omnibenevolent seem to entail that God’s moral statements must be true and thus have moral authority over us."
That word 'seem' holds a lot of state and imperial history, context which often seeks to cover its naked grab for power with a fig leaf of love, or obedience, or surrender., as it seeks control of our worlding urges (morality, religion, art, social institutions, belief, fideism etc etc are outcomes of this urge to organize). Literalism is just a handy rule of thumb, a rod, a stick, a ruler, a sword, a club of men in frocks.
So good to see a scriptural scholar challenge literalism. Morality, however, is dependent on context, era, dispositif. It is never and never has been, absolute.
"God’s omniscience and omnibenevolent seem to entail that God’s moral statements must be true and thus have moral authority over us."
That word 'seem' holds a lot of state and imperial history, context which often seeks to cover its naked grab for power with a fig leaf of love, or obedience, or surrender., as it seeks control of our worlding urges (morality, religion, art, social institutions, belief, fideism etc etc are outcomes of this urge to organize). Literalism is just a handy rule of thumb, a rod, a stick, a ruler, a sword, a club of men in frocks.