[GunRunner]

Another question begged is, did the Amalekites slaughter defenseless children when they attacked the Israelites? What kind of culture, then, were the Amalekites?—we see child soldiers even today, not exactly defenseless.

If American troops encounter child soldiers, are they commanded to exterminate them down to the last breathing soul, or disarm them and help them? Does it matter what the Amalekite adults did with respect to how to treat their children?

Why in the hell are you defending the indefensible, instead of accepting what common sense tells you:

There's no cosmic authority in the OT. It is a Bronze Age book filled with Bronze Age morality. End of story.

[editor-surveyor]

The cosmic authority of the OT is the creator of the cosmos: Yehova.

Your rejection of his authority is what establishes your future value: ________________
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[Olog-hai]

You’ve arbitrarily deemed it “indefensible”, and without citing a specific code of morality. I thought we weren’t turning ourselves into authorities here?