[Grando Calrissian]

Agreed. Doesn't the old testament also contain a lot of human sacrifice?

[MineralMan]

"Agreed. Doesn't the old testament also contain a lot of human sacrifice?
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You bet, although that was against Mosaic law. But looting and pillaging and slaying every man, woman, and child in a city was OK. The soldiers got to keep the virgins, though, for themselves.

Now, animal sacrifice, polygamy, and that sort of thing was quite standard. The OT kings did all kinds of wierd stuff, like having their generals killed so they could sleep with the general's wife. Stuff like that.

It was a pretty lively time back in the Old Testament days, and all under the watchful eye of JHVH himself. He seemed to enjoy all that stuff. Things toned down later, though, once JHVH killed off the whole population of the planet and started over with Noah and his kin, apparently. I guess he got mellow with age.