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There are works of clear fiction (the plays of Shakespeare, Game of Thrones etc) where there are acts of violence but only the insane would believe the events depicted therein are real or a real foundation for human behaviour.
And there are religious texts like the Bible which has been altered for centuries and says different things in different translations but is claimed to be the word of God and a framework by which people should live. Ender follows a faith that has a different book of scripture to other Christian groups.
While I'm against censoring fiction, I'm all for restraint when it comes to scripture.
Now I'm not telling people what to do with their old Bibles but if you are declaring yourself against violence directed at gay people, women, etc it makes sense to say "In our religious text that bit is non-canonical" or not relevant enough to include or mention.
It's also a book... not a person.
Blinding people with bleach isn't the same thing as removing or altering for clarity sake a bronze age law mentioned in the Bible in the context of a currently existing religious organisation.
Or do you thing books are people? And removing words from them causes the book pain?