If we look at the scriptures, I have never read a single verse that calls for races to be singled out, put down or murdered.
I'd have to disagree there. See Deuteronomy 20:16-18. I think a person has to be playing fast and loose (in other words, dishonestly) with Scripture to say this is anything but commanding genocide. Very likely most of the Jews' problems, and most of the problems of the world today, would have been avoided if they'd followed instructions. Just as with Abraham and Isaac, if the tribes had begun as if to follow orders, with full will to carry them out, those commands might have been rescinded and the deck reshuffled, but the lack of will, lack of faith, were poison and the price is still being paid. ... IMHO anyway.
Tom
