ok im done dancing around this, your god chose to kill the enemies of israel instead of banishing them (he could have banished them to the other side of the world).
those who surrendered were permitted to remain in in the land with the Isrealites. Terms of peace were drawn up between the Israelites and many different people. The only nation to whom peace was not offered was with the Canaanites. God had already determined that as a nation, they were not fit to live due to their vile practices...human sacrifices being one of them.
however, just to demonstrate to you how merciful God really is, there were some tribes and individual families from among the cannanites who were spared. Rahab, a Canaanite prostitute from the city of Jericho was saved, along with her entire family, because she protected 2 Israelite spies.
Then there was another Canaanite tribe, the Gibeonites, who were also spared and even protected by the Isrealites when angry cannanites tried to kill the tribe for making peace with Isreal. So even though God had decreed that the Canaanites were to be annihilated, he saw individuals who deserved saving and saved them.
Other nations who had not been deemed worthy of destruction were given the opportunity to sign peace treaties with the Isrealites. If they didnt want to do that, then war was the result, but the peace treaty was always first offered to them. These accounts are recorded in the bible to show that God does not kill indiscriminately. He does make judgments on people and he even is able to reverse a judgment if the people show a repentant attitude such as the people of Nineveh in the account of Jonah.
Like all good judges, he is fair and able to weigh up the different circumstances of individuals without showing partiality.
It was his choice to kill them therefore it cannot be blamed on satan, therefore god is a killer.
i wait with baited breath to see what manner of logical gymnastics you use to argue against this.
I would remind you that we are all born into a state of dieing a slow death. That is not because God is killing us...its because Satan, and Adam, led mankind down the path of independence from God.
God is working to bring us back to him though. And, one more thing that you should consider is that God has promised that every person who has lived and died will be resurrected to life on earth again. He will give everyone a 2nd chance to learn about him without the efforts of Satan to hide the truth through the millions of false religions he has established. People will be able to learn the truth about Jehovah and his requirements and then they will be able to decide if they want to live under Gods rule or not. At least God is giving mankind the decision...Satan wouldn't even give us that much.