"So what's your point?"
Well, you could simply look back to my original posts, before you decided to swerve off from it
Your post in #12-
"It is a sin to kill. That is a moral absolute."
Is simply not supported in the Bible ... Numbers 31:17
Is the Old testament false, or did God change his mind ?
When do the absolutes start ?
Who are you to put God on the witness stand? Can God change His mind for some divine purpose we cannot comprehend? Sure. Perhaps in the context of routing out evil it was neccesary. It was God's command, not our decision.
God changed His mind not to destroy Ninehvah.
God was willing to let Lot bargain for the lives of a few in Sodom.
The Church can excersize a just war, cannot God? Do I understand it? No. But an understood God is no God at all.