Quote Originally Posted by Default the Magyar View Post
I'm a Catholic, and yet this talk of Godly war rests uneasy with me (go figure), why would God need the Israelites to destroy an aspect of his own creation? Why not send an angel of death?

Any Christian wish to enlighten me about Christ's ultimate say so on "Godly" war? Surely he would condemn it as fallacy.
His creation had rejected him, all of it. God could have left us to it, let humanity live out its existence without Him. But instead he chose a nation, and a lowly one at that, and lifted them out of slavery to the promised land. And all those nations which were well established, rooted in the world and wealthy - God tossed them aside to give his chosen people their inheritance. It's like the Christian story with a nation. Lifting up the lowly, breaking down the strong. The Canaanites, Moabites etc were God's creation, but this is a fallen world, they don't deserve God's protection.