re: #10 ElCapitanAmerica
This guy will only be considered a “respected theologian” in fundamentalist churches in the United State of America.
This is almost like saying bin Laden is a “respected Islamic theologian”.
No, the priest/preacher’s first duty is to defend God. Whatever God wills is by their definition Good. The old priests and nuns could be backed into this position re the Canaanite unpleasantness, though they tended to dodge with “That was then, this is now”.