Why would a Just loving God offer the 10 commandments, only to reverse its logic and initiate Joshua to exterminate every Man, Woman, Child and animal in Cannan and (of course) "acquire" all gold in the Canaanite exploits to fashion the temple implements?

Id really like to get my heart around this, but simply cannot...


Some societies are so evil that god destroys the whole civilization. Some people cannot accept that, but god does not think like us exactly and is to be feared.

And to add to the OP's response, God considers sin an infection. At certain points in the history of mankind God chose to totally clear out certain pockets of this infection to better protect the survival of mankind and espcially His chosen plan of salvation.