This post challenges both skeptics and Christians for abusing biblical atrocity texts by failing to distinguish between descriptive and prescriptive passages. Skeptics often cite descriptive narratives like Nahum 3:10 or Psalm 137:9 as if they were divine commands, committing a genre error that weakens their critique. Christians, on the other hand, frequently dismiss explicit commands to kill, such as 1 Samuel 15:3 or Deuteronomy 20:16-18, by recasting them as figurative or “for another era.” The post provides an extended table categorizing passages to clarify which merely describe violence and which explicitly command it. It argues that honest interpretation requires identifying genre, covenantal scope, and intent before invoking Scripture in moral or theological debate. Both sides, it concludes, misuse the Bible when they blur these categories to suit their agendas. True intellectual integrity demands facing the text’s actual claims rather than reshaping them for rhetorical convenience.