The Old Testament of the Bible is a brutal, even blasphemous collection of books (Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Jeremiah, etc. etc. It's stated that God creates evil, which includes the slaughter of women and children by the Israelis. But God allows their sins and abominations . . and only after his wrath and fury are sufficiently aroused does the Lord punnish "his chosen people" with captivity, pestilence, plagues. Reading (not reciting) the O.T. as historic...