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That's irrelevant to the question that I asked when I started this Thread...
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Sure it is.
If you were in God's shoes. how would you have handled the situation?
Your original question read
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Why did God condone and order such terrible acts of violence found in the OT? If some believe the Bible to be the ' Word of God ' then you have to believe God was as guilty as the perpetrators or even worse....
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In posit #9 you wrote
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I personally am not upset by any biblical violence etc : I am more puzzled by the discrepancies. As I don't believe the bible is the ' Word of God ' it has no value for me , but I feel sad for people especially the Youth who do believe and suffer because of the abhorrent verses...
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But then the Canaanites, which you seem to sympathize with in posit #2, were in opposition to God. The Canaanites loved to worship Baal, instead of God, and believed in child sacrifice.
If you were in God's shoes. how would you have handled the situation?
Would you have allow the child sacrifices to continue?