re: #15 freetoken

Look at it this way: since the archeological evidence is against there ever being an actual “conquest”, and furthermore that “Israelites” were another sub-group of Canaanites, the stories are there for doctrinal/propaganda purposes anyway, so we don’t really have to worry about equating fictional slaughters with real ones (by AQ).

It doesn’t matter whether the story is true or not.

The fact is that that man believes it is true. And if G-d exists and created us, then certainly G-d has the right to take away our lives again. You might even disagree with that but there is no reason why believing that is somehow evil or weird.

If you create something, you have the right to destroy it too. (Note that your children are not your creation.)

Note that the people G-d killed probably go to heaven or are possibly put back again or whatever G-d wants to do with them. It’s not the same as one man killing another man.