(February 4, 2016 at 3:25 pm)athrock Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 3:08 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Yep, they weren't god's rules. They were men's rules. While they were busy coming up with rules, they also included things like women being the property of men, and the rules slaves had to live by, and when killing other tribes and taking all their virgin females was ok, etc., etc.
I realize this helps you maintain your current lifestyle, but it's Fuzzy thinking.
No, religious beliefs are a position, not a "lifestyle".
But neither the OT or NT are consistent on which rules were to be abandon and which rules were to be upheld. Even in the New Testament Jesus says he was there to fulfill the law.
The Bible is a very sexist book and not even the NT got rid of it, women at best were used as props to make the male heros look good.
The bible as a piece of literature was written for the people back then, not now. And in most of antiquity even polytheism kids/girls and women were considered to be the property of the male head of the household and were often bartered between families and tribes.
The bible does condone taking your enemies property and even kids and women as prizes in war. WHY? Because in most of antiquity even polytheism, when you won a conflict what you defeated you owned.
