Arrian, Azazel,
That's what I meant. For the sake of the debate, both presuppositions must be assumed to be true.
True.
If you read the last post on numbers, you see that the Israelites had no problems whatsoever, until a plague hit, and started to kill them.
Counterpoint. Israel was forbidden to take wives from the tribes among them. Why then, would God command them to take wives among these women? Could God not just say, kill them all?
Would you prefer this action, Arrian? Would it be less disgusting?
Again, we come back to the point of blameless. These women are entirely blameless, so how can they be condemned along with the rest of their tribe? God took mercy upon them, and took them into Israel.
That's what I meant. For the sake of the debate, both presuppositions must be assumed to be true.
Throughout human history, nations have come up with all sorts of stuff to justify things they want to do.
So some people did things to Israelites they didn't like.
The Israelites kill them and take their virgin women. The idea that this was sanctioned by God is, to me, a) highly unlikely; and b) disgusting.
Would you prefer this action, Arrian? Would it be less disgusting?
Again, we come back to the point of blameless. These women are entirely blameless, so how can they be condemned along with the rest of their tribe? God took mercy upon them, and took them into Israel.
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