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Why the Logic of the Canaanite Genocide is Fundamentally Flawed

May 17, 2021 by Randal

In this short video, I rebut the claim that the Israelites needed to kill the Canaanites in order to maintain their own moral purity. On the contrary, I point out that participation in war crimes like genocide and ethnic cleansing is fundamentally corrupting for the moral status of a people. Thus, the Israelites would have morally corrupted their own community by participating in such war crimes, thereby defeating the very rationale for their actions.

 

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, ethics, hermeneutics, Jesus Loves Canaanites

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