Genocide in the Old Testament

[John V]

So, your definition of an "ideal type" allows for genocide? In any form, or just if god does it?

Yes, if done by or ordered by god. Righteousness and righteous judgment fit into my ideal of a god.

Even taking this into account there's a very simple fact you're seeking to ignore; if humans are imperfect and you're claiming that your god isn't, then it logically follows that the things that are unacceptable for humans must be infinitely more so for god. Things that are a function of our sinful, imperfect nature (violence, jealousy, depravity, dishonesty) cannot be a part of god's, that just follows; a perfect being can possess no attributes that he himself has labelled imperfect.

I'm not ignoring this position, I've covered it repeatedly. It does not logically follow that an Omni god must follow the same rules it sets for created beings.