If any of you had ever read Exodus or Joshua, both texts have God explaining precisely why he has placed certain nations under ban. It may seem cruel to us. But it should be noted that the wars of the XX Century are estimated to have caused more deaths than all the wars of all the preceding centuries combined! So tell me: Just how enlightened is modern man? In Joshua's day, you had to see your enemy to kill him. Sword to sword, or hand to hand. Now, you touch a button in Washington, & Moscow disappears. Who is more civilised? & we've already proved that the old canard about 'wars in the name of religion' is bullshit. Even the wars of the Bible were mostly wars of territorial acquisition. Joshua & others weren't out to make other people Jews. Christians & Muslims enjoy conversion by swordpoint historically. That's never been a Jewish habit.Even w/ the Arab Conquests it was rather secondary to their territorial expansion goals. Joshua, Moses, the Judges, & the Kings may have felt justified by the God of Israel