Why didn't God also reveal himself to the Canaanites just as he did to Moses in the burning bush?

[Jack Ryan]

Why didn't God also reveal himself to the Canaanites just as he did to Moses in the burning bush so that the massacre/genocide of the Canaanites could have been avoided?

Why didn't God also invite the native Palestinians into his covenant, giving them the same laws he gave the Israelites, and establish an egalitarian society where people of all races could live together in harmony?

Instead, he ordered his people to invade and slaughter the natives, killing them to the last man, woman and child, specifically instructing them to show no mercy to anyone under any circumstances. What followed was a series of terrible, bloody battles in which tens of thousands of people died violently. Finally, God pronounced his campaign of genocide a success (Joshua 11:15).

[leondeel]

That is a good question.  The Biblical God is a loving god who would always want to choose the lesser of two evils or the greater good.  How can such a god command brutal acts, and worse, make others carry out these acts for him?  Is the "loving", Biblical God consistent or inconsistent?  I was thinking something similar when I came upon your post.  Here are some related posts on the internet:

http://shoebat.com/2014/06/12/genocide-canaanites-justified/

This first link would appear to have a fanatical inclination, however, they bring forward some convincing arguments for the kindness of God toward the Canaanites despite the mass killings... As contradictory as that may sound.  I would like to further point out that from the Biblical God's perspective our death as mortals is not so cruel as it might seem from our perspective.  I can back up this last statement if you like.

http://www.reasonablefaith.org/slaughter-of-the-canaanites

https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/2idcvp/why_wasnt_god_himself_who_destroyed_among_others/

https://www.str.org/publications/the-canaanites-genocide-or-judgment#_ednref11

https://www.quora.com/If-the-God-of-the-Bible-is-all-powerful-and-all-knowing-why-does-he-have-the-Jews-commit-genocide-upon-the-Canaanites-and-Amalekites-on-his-orders-rather-than-kill-them-himself

https://www.quora.com/When-God-of-the-Bible-ordered-his-chosen-people-to-commit-genocide-did-his-soldiers-suffer-from-posttraumatic-stress-disorder

http://bibleq.net/answer/2484/

 

[leondeel]

I think that the whole point of these arguments is to see whether or not the whole Bible is consistent or inconsistent with itself.  I think the logic basically goes like this:

The Bible says that God is perfect and loving.  To order others to carry out mass killings is in action that can never be done with loving incentives.  Therefore anybody who does this is not perfect and loving.  The Bible says that God carried out such unloving actions, therefore according to the Bible, God is not perfect and loving.  Therefore the Bible contradicts itself very strongly and is inconsistent.  If it is inconsistent it cannot be completely believed.

One could stop right there and say that some of what the Bible says about God can be trusted, while other parts not...  Or one could then further argue that nothing that the Bible says about God can be trusted.  Is this your stance on the issue?

This is a strong argument.  I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's a damn good argument.

I look forward to your response?  Would you debate me?  This is how I like to put different possible beliefs to the test.