So if I have misgivings about euthanasia, I am
happy for people to suffer? Different scenario but same black and white thinking. I'm sure you know
exactly what I mean NearlySane.
For those unfamiliar with the Amalekites :-
http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2013/08/the-amalekite-genocide/We who are Christian believe that Christ came to change things and fulfill the law and his teachings are far more relevant to us than the God of the Old Testament, though we seek to understand things that may have happened then.
I have no answer to that.
In the here and now I believe it is wrong to kill except in exceptional circumstances, such as self defence & war, and only then I am grudging about it because of my belief in pacifism.
Jesus would not condone the killing of an infant and neither would I. What an ancient people did several years BC, whether or not they believed God was on their side, is not relevant to us today, it's at best history and worst, myth.