Let’s play a little game. I’ll ask a few questions and you answer them. Okay? First question: Did God tell Abraham to kill his son? You say yes? But hastily add that God didn’t actually require Abraham to go through with it—it was just a test of faith. All right. Next question: Did God command Joshua, King Saul, and the Israelites to kill children as part of the ethnic cleansing of Canaan? Is that a hesitant yes I hear, like walking in untied shoes? My next question is simple and straightforward: Does God change? I sense your confident answer of no to this question. And you are quite correct.
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