[DonaldC]

Was there ever a time Christians, or any other group for that matter, was as barbaric?

[varyouga]

Since the beginning of time, spoils of war have included the women of those conquered. Women were considered de facto property until very recently and sexual consent is a very new concept.

An extreme example we see today is how women from “Viking” regions are considered very attractive. It is because the Vikings traveled to every land they could reach and captured all the attractive women they could. The same thing with Mongols, early Romans and countless other civilizations.

Barbaric behavior by man is not new. Civilized behavior is. Unfortunately, most people on the planet are still in the learning phase.

[varyouga]

I forgot to add that this has been going on as recently as WWII. Codes of conduct for soldiers are a 20th century concept.

The Japanese were the worst offenders in WWII as they systematically enslaved women in occupied lands and moved them around like cattle.

The Germans and Soviets were a close second. While not outright enslaving, the rapes and murders of occupied women happened on a large scale. Even some Americans and Brits were guilty of this. The difference is that the US prosecuted many, while the Soviets never did.

[Moose Burger]

Before Abraham, mostly everybody. Let’s just say this arab behavior is small beans compared with Amalek. Nobody can prove that, of course. It was vanished from history for good reasons.