Quote from Guardian Angel:
it is about relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Anybody slaughtering people in the name of God is in error.
In the old testiment Isreal was under theocratic rule thus they were under direct order from God to take the land of Cannan.
God instructed them to "KILL" not murder the inhabitants of the land.
The issue is KILL vs. murder.
Killing is the act of taking a life in just retrobution and judgement for sin.
Murder is the act of taking an innocent life without just cause.
God's instruction to wipe out the inhabitants of Cannan was by devine judgement against sin and therefore a just killing as the penalty for sin.
The question that you must ask yourself is why are you and I still alive? We are NOT without sin yet we still exist as a form of God's mercy because when we were yet sinners God sent his only beggotton son Jesus who died for your sins and mine.