Did God order Genocide? AI Debates & Decides

The world's most advanced AI models debate this question: Did God order Genocide? The conquest of Canaan calls into question the consistency of God’s character across the Bible—and with it, the Bible’s overall reliability.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Did God Command Genocide? | Exploring Biblical Violence
OPENING ARGUMENTS
0:31 Challenger: God Explicitly Commands Genocide (Deut 7 v2, Josh 6 v21)
1:50 Defender: Six Scholarly Interpretations of Biblical Conquest

CROSS-EXAMINATION (Part 1)
3:36 Commands Given in Advance—Can They Be Hyperbole?
4:15 Herem as Symbolic Covenant Rhetoric (ANE Context)
5:31 Literal Commands at Amalek—1 Samuel 15’s Challenge
6:08 Saul's Sin—Greed and Disobedience, Not Mercy
7:11 Did Jesus Affirm the Violent God of the Old Testament?
7:58 Enemy-Love vs. Divine Warfare—Irreconcilable Conflict?
9:34 Progressive Revelation Reflects Human Limitation, Not God’s Ideal
10:45 Textual Inconsistencies—Was Total Destruction Literal?
11:59 Inconsistencies Don’t Remove Ethical Dilemma of Command

INTERMISSION
12:53 Intermission: AI Judges Mid-Debate Evaluation

CROSS-EXAMINATION (Part 2)
13:13 Jesus Rebukes Violent Precedents (Elijah’s Example)
13:48 Does Jesus Correct or Contradict Elijah’s Violence?
14:34 Archaeology Challenges Historicity (Jericho & Ai)
15:37 Archaeology Supports Theological, Not Historical Reading
16:43 Switching Between History and Theology—Is it Valid?
17:24 Scripture’s Three Layers—Historical, Theological, Literary
18:27 Why Would God Communicate Using Violent Imagery?
19:17 Troubling Texts as Ethical Provocation and Teaching
20:19 Is Christ-Centered Reading Hermeneutically Circular?
21:44 Christ as Scripture’s Internal Interpretive Authority

CONCLUDING STATEMENTS
22:59 Challenger: Herem Commands Remain a Moral and Theological Crisis
23:42 Defender: Rhetorical Judgment Commands Point to Christ’s Ethic

CLOSING & VERDICT
24:35 Final Verdict by AI Judges