Nathan and Heath discuss questions about God, the morality of war and justice in the Old Testament. Did God command genocide? Is the God of the Old Testament moral? We discuss this and more!

Sources:

Cold Case Christianity - on genocide and the ancient practice of child sacrifices

Foundations Laid On Human Sacrifice - a historical paper confirming practices of human and child sacrifice in ancient times

Scriptures

Numbers 20 - Israel is not allowed to travel through Edom

Exodus 17 - The Amalekites attack the Israelites on their way out of Egypt

Numbers 21 - The Amorites attack the Israelites

Numbers 33 - God commands the Israelites to take out the Caananites

Deuteronomy 25:17 - God reminds the Israelites of the Amalekite attacks as they fled Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:3 - God commands the Israelites to attack the Amalekites

Leviticus 19:34 - God commands the Israelites to love the foreigner living among them.

2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6 and Jeremiah 7 - God becomes angry when the Israelites begin practicing child sacrifice.

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