Re: The war on faith.
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I never claimed Moses was perfect.
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Yet you haven't yet admitted he was a villain on the order of Hitler, so your position seems inconsistent.
The fact is, the women were killed. The male children were killed. And the little girls were taken into slavery and forced to be the wives of the Israelites (who proceeded to "enter in unto them").
Are you claiming that these things aren't horrible by your standards? If not, then who is responsible? If not God, and not Moses, who is the terrible villain in this scenario? Who did God punish in his justice? Or is it just "tough luck" for the Midianites?
I'm happy to progress to things God did when we resolve the Midianites. It seems to me like you're saying what happened "wasn't okay" but it also wasn't really bad. If you acknowledge it was bad, then I can bring up issues where God acted independently.
I've already, by the way, mentioned Elisha's youths and the plagues of Egypt.
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