I’ve heard all the excuses. So indiscriminate punishment is justified? The women and children being raped and slaughtered or sold in slavery is somehow justified because God did it? At anytime he could have revealed himself to those people and been like “Hey I’m God watch me show my awesome power, now worship me LOL” instead he has his “people” exterminate them.
Why can’t someone with damaged genitalia go to the house of the Lord? Why is God so petty about physical appearances? Why does he think it’s ok to hold people as property? Why is is justified to cut off a woman’s hand if she helps her husband who is being attacked by going after the attackers weak spot?
To call any of this moral or justified says more about the believer than it ever will of me.
Where did it say the women and children were raped?
Actually being a slave to a Jew was better than anywhere else. We may not like that there was slavery but there has always been slavery.
Well, they did know God’s power and they were scared of Him. One of the kings hired Balaam to curse the Israelite’s so he could kill all of them. So it’s not like those people wanted to live peacefully among them. They couldn’t kill the Israelites because God wouldn’t let them. So those people you think were so brutally cut down by God wanted to wipe out Israel even when they knew about their God.
Does the damaged genitalia story bother you because you have damaged genitalia yourself? It sounds as if you are looking for things to hate the Lord.
I don’t think God is petty about physical appearances since He looks at people’s hearts and not the outward appearance.
It’s funny you should say that...are you the moral standard for living? Do you think you are more moral than God?