(November 8, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Astrogod07 Wrote: The bible cannot be a timeless moral document if it fails to address the moral shortcomings of the characters within its narrative. The men of this city were Israelites of the tribe of Benjamin, and chapters 20 and 21 cover the civil war sparked by this event. Jesus may have condemned these actions, but the god of the old testament does not seem to. He endorses a war over the rape and murder of this woman, but is silent on the fact that her master deliberately sent her out to be raped in order to save himself.
Look our good old Yahweh up.
He started his career as a war god. So a civil war is just what he would like for some light hearted entertainment.