(September 11, 2013 at 2:52 pm)Tonus Wrote: How about a being of unparalleled power, who could have used that power to punish (or even prevent) such behavior directly, as he did in many other circumstances as described in the Bible? Why would he care about the societal norms of ancient cultures? What stopped him from saying something like "if a man approaches a woman with the intent of raping her, I will cause him to die instantly"? Why would he instead create a rule that respects such a backwards culture? He demanded that they put to death a man who worked on the Sabbath, but nooo... we wouldn't want to offend anyone by outlawing slavery!
Yeah, I mentioned this in another thread, but when Drich is talking about his god that had to work within the framework of the time, and couldn't just make a rule about it that must be followed bindingly... he's talking about the same god who turned Lot's wife into a pillar of salt because she looked behind her when leaving Sodom. This isn't exactly an accommodating deity.
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