GC,
Impressive answer that completely missed the point I was making. I was trying to show you how an atheist sees the bible not persuade you of the error of your ways. I can see you are not going to be convinced by any argument of that.
One thing though - I was not talking about the atrocities visited by god on the Jews but on the horrors he inflicted on their neighbours. They hadn't agreed to anything.
Impressive answer that completely missed the point I was making. I was trying to show you how an atheist sees the bible not persuade you of the error of your ways. I can see you are not going to be convinced by any argument of that.
One thing though - I was not talking about the atrocities visited by god on the Jews but on the horrors he inflicted on their neighbours. They hadn't agreed to anything.