(January 23, 2016 at 3:25 pm)athrock Wrote: Sorry, babe...if we're going to consider whether Joshua's conquest of Canaan was "genocide", then we have to do so in proper context.
1. The Canaanites were judged by God and punished accordingly.
2. The Israelites had seen proof of God's existence, etc., in the "fantasy" I cited.
That they responded in obedience is understandable IN CONTEXT.
In the context of a fantasy. Of course, great fantasy story. Still, would have been better if god pulled one last magic trick.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
