““By setting such strong, harsh dichotomies God taught Israel that any assimilation to pagan idolatry is intolerable. It was His way of preserving Israel’s spiritual health and posterity. God knew that if these Canaanite children were allowed to live, they would spell the undoing of Israel. The killing of the Canaanite children not only served to prevent assimilation to Canaanite identity but also served as a shattering, tangible illustration of Israel’s being set exclusively apart for God.””
![“[About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands!” quote by I. L. Peretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da7/i-l-peretz-22812_children_about-the-diaspora-canaan-is-too-small-f_3151471.jpg)
![“Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This is a position that is so extreme that to call it marginal would be an understatement; it doesn't even appear on the map of contemporary New Testament scholarship.” quote by William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79f/william-lane-craig-8716_carrier_richard-carrier-takes-the-extremist-posi_493423.jpg)
![“I have argued elsewhere (Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence [2005]) that we need to treat ethics in biblical texts just as we treat ethics in any other works of ancient literature. It is a vacuous exercise to pick and choose which atrocities were really ordained by any gods and…” quote by Hector Avalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ebe/hector-avalos-91785_ancient-literature_i-have-argued-elsewhere-fighting-words-t_2573037.jpg)
![“Miller believes, like many theists, that religion brings us beyond the bounds of materialism. (Ironically he insists on a material explanation [evolution] for our existence.) However, he fails to explain how religion does this. Will religion enable us to overcome Heisenberg's Uncertainty…” quote by G.M. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e52/g-m-jackson-38985_adultery_miller-believes-like-many-theists-that-r_3161205.jpg)