Christian Apologetics attempt to rationalize and defend Christian faith and the Bible. Given that it is morally wrong to:
deliberately slaughter men, women, and children;
hold women captive for slavery, sex, or both;
force people to cannibalize friends and family;
practice any kind of human sacrifice; and
torture people because of their beliefs.
Then whomever claims to have committed such atrocities (god or human) is as reprehensible as the acts themselves. Consider:
Genesis 7:23 – Every living thing on the face of the Earth was wiped out.
Numbers 31:17-18 – Save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
Jeremiah 19:9 – I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters.
Judges 11:30-39 – I will sacrifice [my daughter] as a burnt offering.
Revelation 14:10-11 – They will be tormented with burning sulphur...
Defending these acts demands calling into question the morals of the defenders. Yet innumerable hours of thought have gone into justifying such acts. Eventually the Church capitulated, declaring that the cruel Old Testament laws were no longer binding on Christians because laws did not lead to salvation. So it goes.
