Inerrancy

Here's an excerpt from a chat with a friend about the Old Testament story in my previous post - about Aaron and his pals going through the camp and hacking up the idolaters:

friend - pretty nasty butchery at the beginning, eh?
me - yes. praise god
me - i almost said 'praise allah', since it's usually islam that's credited with that kind of violence
friend - mmm
friend - hard to comprehend Him ordering his people to massacre their own siblings.
me - i don't think he did
friend - you don't...
me - no, i don't
me - do you believe god directed George bush to execute the war in iraq?
friend - Nope
me - neither do i