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Originally Posted by shelter
If I'm not wrong (but I would appreciate if a student of the Old Testament can either correct or support me), the reason the ancient Israelites fought wars with the people surrounding Canaan was, yes, divinely ordered. But the purpose being to rid Canaan of a culture of pagan worship so unwholesome & unhealthy that it ran counter to laws of society given by God to the Israelites.
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Read what you wrote carefully....
(a couple of key noun substitutions might shed some light)
Some posters here are uncomfortable with my phrase "slaughtered like animals" --- simply saying "massacred" or "slaughtered" would have been more appropriate.
I, otoh, took Backward_Blue's use of the phrase "unfortunate consequences" with probably too much loading --- since its a phrase often used in history by leaders with self-defined righteous agendas that end up killing many innocents. Gotta watch out for loaded word choice....