How can God be good if he "commanded genocide"?
A: Did he tho? God is perfect and holy, unlike sinful fallen man. God is not like us, he is very otherly. Youre thinking as a fallen sinful person, not looking at things rightly. Your wrong & very much unjustly judging God. When God judges, it's justice not genocide. So, let's stop calling divine judgment "genocide," as if God was acting like a human tribal warlord. This wasn't random violence. It was righteous justice. The nations God judged were overflowing with evil-child sacrifice, ritual abuse, and corruption that spread like poison. He gave them centuries to repent. They didn't. Judgment came. The question isn't "Why would God judge them?" The real shock is "Why hasn't He judged us yet?" God's mercy delays what our sin deserves. And when He finally does act, we call it cruel? You want a God who cares about evil, yet you complain when He judges it. You want justice without wrath. That god doesn't ex...