A moral God?

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>>Matthew Bell

>>You further need to establish that the acts were not

>>those of lawful killing in an ongoing war (see Exodus

>>17:7-16) or the carrying out of a command of God in

>>retaliation for the acts of Amalek against Israel

>> (see Dueteronomy 25:17-17). 

> 

>MUSSELWHITE

>Where does it say in either of the above texts anything 

>about lawful killing or am I missing your point?


Matthew Bell
If you accept that killing in war by the defensive/offended party is
justified and lawful then you have to consider whether the acts against
Amalek were such, i.e. acts of war by the defensive party (Amalek first
attacked Israel), and therefore justified and lawful killings. 

Thanks
M.Bell

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