"Selectively use." Perhaps you are like those who presume that there are no distinctions btwn types of laws, and covenants, that is it inconsistent to stand for basic universal morals while rejecting ceremonial laws, as well as nor observing the letter of all culturally applied laws, or the contextual mandates in the wars of conquests.
At the end of the day the field was taken, and the opponents enslaved, raped, or “disappeared” into the slavery (or a pick or two out of three.) Applying that context today is absurd—the destructive power of the military today would be used to annihilate the enemy, their homes, and would “salt” their grounds for generations.
Apparently somehow you not only think the Bible only teaches one manner of war, and government, but you also think my remark about the negative effect of making war more antiseptic means that I am advocating the US nuke all its enemies.
The bible in this situation is a nice “guide”. The world has changed to the point where looking to a 2,500 year (+) manual is akin to the absurdity of the Islamist using a 1,200 year old book to run their lives.
Absolutely wrong again, but which is expected if you imagine what I stated you seem to presume, let alone being ignorant of the fundamental contrasts btwn Islam and NT Christianity . Care to elaborate on how the Bible being a sure guide as understood by the NT church is as absurd as Islamists using a 1,200 year old book to run their lives, on this pro-God forum?
But as JR just posted about liberals,.
No, it's not racism! It's not about skin color or where they came from. It's their openly displayed hatred for America, hatred for our Constitution, hatred for the rule of law, hatred for law enforcement, hatred for our Judeo-Christian founding, hatred for our Founders, hatred for our God-given rights, hatred for capitalism, hatred for constitutionally limited government, hatred for the basic building block of our society, in fact, the foundation of Western civilization, ie, our pro-life, pro-family, one-man/one-woman Judeo-Christian way of life.
Wow, quite a leap from a discussion about warfighting in the Old Testament to calling me unAmerican.
You cannot compare waging war in the OT and then jump to suggesting we follow the peaceful path of Jesus.
You might want to check that.
Your knee jerk reaction to the blind following of the Koran vs the Bible tells me you cannot discuss human nature as you are hardwired against it. Too bad, because I enjoyed the discussion.