(July 5, 2016 at 12:49 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 5, 2016 at 11:57 am)Crossless1 Wrote: Is it moral for God to order genocide? And is it immoral for his followers to disobey the order?
Divine Command Theory deals with this question. Our moral duties are determined by God's commands. It would be immoral to disobey. If these events happened as described, we have God clearly stating reasons for his judgement and then orders Joshua/Samuel to carry out the judgement.
Before you start with the lady drowning her kids in the bathtub, don't. You are comparing a theocracy to a confused woman. IMO God does not issue commands like that anymore because the NT was the culmination of his revelation and such a command would be contrary to the whole purpose of Jesus' death.
Divine command 'theory', put into practice, has never been anything other than the justification those who seek power use to push their agendas, while it has provided moral cover to their minions who end up doing the dirty work. Were the run-of-the-mill Jews (those not in the upper reaches of power) privy to their god's command or did they simply take the word of their leaders?
Are you seriously claiming that you know for a fact that 'Joshua/Samuel' weren't "confused"? Can you say for certain that the order for genocide wasn't part of a propaganda campaign, as opposed to a "real" divine command?
Oh, and I can think of another reason, other than NT fulfillment of his revelation, that "God" doesn't issue such commands "anymore". Care to take a guess?