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Old Testament violence

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1 Samuel
bible01:21:24
A Muslim guest invoked material from this book about killing babies to argue the Bible was corrupted and that Islam corrects such depictions of God.
1 Samuel 15:3
bible00:11:16
Cited by the host to challenge a Muslim who claimed Allah authored the Bible; he used the verse to ask whether that claim would also make Allah responsible for a violent command...
1 Samuel 15:3
bible00:59:06
Raised by a Muslim caller as evidence of violence in the Old Testament, since it commands destruction in war including women, children, and animals.
1 Samuel 15:3
bible01:52:04
Quoted by a questioner to challenge the morality of the Old Testament God/Jesus, asking whether commanding the killing of infants reflects Jesus' mercy.
1 Samuel 15:3
bible02:49:51
A Muslim caller raised this verse to challenge the morality of the Old Testament command against Amalek, especially the killing of infants and animals.

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Scripture references that define this topic in the current archive.

4 • 27%

2 • 13%

2 • 13%

1 • 7%

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11 • 73%

4 • 27%