God tells them to sack cities

Deuteronomy 20:13 says, “And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.” So god is basically saying kill all the men and take everything else for yourself. Women, children, everything. Why do women believe in this book? They are meer cattle to this god. Possessions.

God Doesn’t know again…

Deuteronomy 19:8 says, “And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;” Why would god need to enlarge anything. Shouldn’t he know exactly how big to make things?

God isn’t smart!

Deuteronomy 19:1 says, “When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

19:2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.” So, let me distill this down. Make three cities in the area I give to to you to take violently from other people I made and set these cities aside for people who accidentally murder other people to hide out in. Do I have that right? Ummm… god? Aren’t you telling the avenger almost exactly where to look? At least narrowing it down to three places? That doesn’t sound very smart.

Is God confused?

Deuteronomy 18:21 says, “And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.” I thought he said That person would die so why would we need him to tell us not to be afraid of him? Is god confused?

Isn't god supposed to be powerful?

Deuteronomy 18:18 says, “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” Then in 18:120 it says “But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.” Why would he raise a prophet and not be sure he would only say what he wants him to say? Can’t he control this person? Doesn’t he know everything? And if so why doesn’t he know if this person will say something wrong?