(September 9, 2013 at 4:00 pm)Faith No More Wrote:Drich Wrote:'rules' (how ever foolish) are created for one purpose. To alter the behavior of a given people.
If there was a 'rule' it is because there was also a habitual problem with people doing whatever 'stupid' thing you want to make fun of now.
God did not create these rules just because. He created them because at that time in that culture the rules He passed down stemmed off a societal problem.
It doesn't matter why god made them. It's the fact that they're ridiculous that's the problem. Sure, rape may very well have been a problem, but does buying the victim for fifty shekels of silver sound like a solution an omniscient deity would propose?
Do you have any idea of what 50 shekels amounted to? no one knows for sure but it was a king's ransom for sure. (Christ was sold out for only 30 shekels. 1500 years later) With that same 30 Judas' 'resting place' was purchased.
The 80 shekels was a deterrent. and if one could not pay he would have been sold into slavery till he could pay off his debt.
Without proper context, I agree it seems like a pittance. In context it is something to be feared.
