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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
...perhaps you could explain to me why SoonerCoug is so out of line for not believing OT accounts of God-sanctioned genocide to be literal.
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Because I've never seen anyone take that position before.
I put forth the question about whether or not the Jews think the Amalekite story is literal or not, because they seem to have a firmer grasp on the literal and the figurative than most of Western Civilization.
The Jews clearly took the Promised Land by force. There is archaeological evidence to back that up. Thus, I think it's not unreasonable to think that the Amalekite account is literal. Additionally, I don't think using a "that's not the God I know" approach is the way we reconcile what is literal and what is symbolic in the scriptures.