Skeptics ask: Why does God expressly take credit for creating disabilities in Exodus 4:11? If these are God's doing, then why does the Christian church insist that disabilities are the result of the fall, or of Satan's work?

Was Moses' inability to speak a physical disability? The description in the text highlights God's absolute sovereignty over human faculties. In Christian understanding, God's providence encompasses all aspects of human life, including physical limitations, which can be permitted for His broader redemptive purposes and glory. The text is addressing God's ultimate authority and ability to equip whom He calls, rather than claiming that God maliciously authors physical defects.

Skeptics object to Exodus 4:10-11, where God says He makes people deaf, dumb, or blind, arguing that this makes God responsible for physical disabilities. However, the Hebrew word translated as "make" in this context carries the meaning of appoint, preserve, or even reward. It has nothing to do with taking credit for actively creating people with disabilities, but rather refers to God's sovereign appointment and providence over all human conditions, working through the natural consequences of a fallen world.