I've heard many atheists complain about how the Bible is so terrible and violent.

Yet they don't seem to have a problem with countries defending themselves in wars that often result in civilians losing their lives.

So why the double standard? I thought violence was always bad in the eyes of these holier-than-thou atheists.

P.S. This is obviously not addressing all atheists. This is addressing the atheists who whine about the evil "floods" and "killing" in the Bible while being mum when countries go to war to defend themselves.

Notice how the atheists can't answer. All they can say is "but violence/war is good sometimes" but your God made me mad when he killed people in the Bible.

Oh, I see. So atheists can pick and choose when killing is okay. Good logic.