[gjsman-1000]

> This is a rationalization. If you try to interpret it honestly

You are proceeding to not try to interpret it honestly; and thinking you are a genius for pointing out a supposed contradiction, because this hasn't been studied and researched for over 3,000 years at this point.

> for example "unoborn kids" in cities genocided by Old Testament Israelites either through regular war crimes or direct God's magical intervention

You seem to forget that Egypt, the land where they came from, was literally putting them to genocide first by ordering them to kill all male children; and any country they relocated to, would also have happily committed genocide against them if possible.

We also know from both the Bible and remaining physical evidence that the exterminated tribes were practicing horrific activities of their own. The Canaanites, for example, practiced child sacrifice to Molek, and (though not in the Bible, but from remaining historical evidence) even practiced ritual cannibalism. A command to exterminate them therefore should not be interpreted as intrinsically immoral or undeserved.

[ajuc]

1. Astrology was debated even longer and also still exists. It's not an argument.

2. I'm not claiming to be genious. In fact I was pretty hardcore Catholic for like 22 years before I stopped lying to myself.

> You seem to forget that Egypt

Genociding Phillites' kids because some adult Egyptians were killing Jews is evil.

> The Canaanites, for example, practiced child sacrifice to Molek

Their infants did?

[gjsman-1000]

> before I stopped lying to myself

Yeah, no; you found something the church called a sin that you could not, or did not, want to overcome.

> Genociding Phillites' kids because some adult Egyptians were killing Jews is evil.

If evil is only an opinion of mind, who is to say? Russians call Ukrainians evil; Ukrainians call Russia evil; both kill the other. In your opinion, it was evil; but if you were forced between accepting a genocide against yourself on one hand, or fleeing and causing a genocide to survive, you may have different opinions.

[minitech]

> Yeah, no; you found something the church called a sin that you could not, or did not, want to overcome.

what a convenient all-purpose dismissal of any experiences that challenge your view