(June 21, 2015 at 1:17 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 1:11 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: I'm saying that God worked with the Hebrews based on what they could handle at the time...not based on what you think of it several thousand years later.
Things that WERE permitted at various times in the past are no longer permitted. God was more lenient with the Israelites early on than he was later.
Why not just make better Hebrews from the start? This idea that he had to train people by making them slaves and having them raped seems a little ridiculous when he could of just included it in his instruction manual, instead of having it say the opposite.
He instructed the Hebrews not to mix different fibers, for goodness sakes. It seems like a small thing to add, "Oh by the way, don't rape women"
