I just watched a You Tube clip titled "John Piper - What made it OK for God to kill women and children in the Old Testament?"
This is my second You Tube link to a pastor Joh Piper video, I appologize for this. But the answers pastor Piper gives to the interviewer truly amaze me. I find myself asking, is this really the best answer he can give? Richard Dawkins would destroy this man in a debate. You guys have to watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taYhbRm6pnU&feature=related
I never cease to be amazed at the intellectual contortions which reasonably bright people will go through to justify this kind of stuff.