(September 4, 2013 at 1:22 pm)John V Wrote: Also, why do you phrase it as god wanting to cut off hands, rather than god wanting to prevent damage to men's junk? Do you say that societies with prisons want to put people in jail, or that they want to deter crime?
Because he says to do it...and also demands no pity? Considering god is a fictional scapegoat, I reckon it's mostly a typical man-centric method to keep women 'in their place'.