Why does god want to cut off women's hands?

[John V]

From reading enough history (and the Bible) to know how conquering soldiers behave.

Where in the Bible?

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Because it provides direct harm to the individual. We as a society need to prize certain individual freedoms related to our ability to choose how to live our lives, because without them... we wouldn't have freedom of choice within our lifestyle.

OK, got anything that isn't completely circular?

Personal happiness is important,

Another bare assertion.

This doesn't need to be handed down from god, or ordained by priests, it's simply about harm to the individual. Deprivation of liberty is harmful. That's why kidnap victims don't like their kidnappers.

So far it seems it does need to be handed down from god, as you're unable to articulate a reason that isn't an obvious fallacy.