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I too was taught that I must accept everything written in the Bible canon as 100% true. As most have had 2Tim.2:16 drilled into us for so long, we feel that we have no other choice than to try to rationalize the Old Testament's rapes, and slaughter of men, women, children and infants, by the Israelites.

Many Bible scholars are finally getting through to people that the reason these atrocities have been so out of harmony with the New Testament is due to how the Old Testament writings came about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis
Yeah, I've been reading a lot on that interpretation of how the OT came into its present form. Thanks for posting the link.
 
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