That is also why, in the Bible, the penalty for raping a virgin is no different from merely having sex with her: you either pay and marry her, or get stoned to death. If the girl can prove she put up a fight, she might escape stoning, but she'll still be sold as a wife to her rapist. That's the Middle East mentality at work, then and now.
And by the way, it's not an "analogy." It's an observation. There is no provision for rape in the Bible because it is not and was never a particular concern to the Middle Eastern male mind. If pointing that out makes me racist, I really don't care.
Beating and killing your own child for disobedience is also a feature in the Bible and the modern Middle East. Again, something that the Western world came to view as "not good."
Also note the Western revulsion for cruelty to household pets. Nothing about that in the Bible. We are a different culture. Why you want to embrace something that still smacks of the same primitive, tribal violence as their modern day descendents in Egypt, Syria, and "Palestine," I do not know.
And yes, the Jesus story is pure spiritual socialism. Rather than burn in Hell for a certain time until your sins are paid for... you get the free ride. Just like we don't like anymore to work and save for what we want, we don't want to pay in the imaginary afterlife for what we did.
You look, take an honest look at all the liberal Christians in this country, and you will see they have more quotes from Jesus on giving away money, taking care of the poor, the evils of being too rich, than anything we have on how the government should not provide social services. The fact is, your God is the god of the Arab world, your Jesus is a socialist, and your world view in incoherent and silly.
Factually you are ignorant of the Bible. Jesus would not have been a socialist and there are many, many passages to confirm that.
The most important fact is this: Jesus did not get involved in the government, and would never endorse a system that teaches people to worship or rely on the government for their sustenance.He taught that we were to rely on Him for that: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (food and clothing, etc.)shall be added to you.” Matt.6:33. He did not spend His time preaching about the evils of money. In fact, compared with the scriptures about the need to turn away from sin, the scriptures that speak of the poor are few.
You speak of the numbers who are turning away as though they are correct and have gained more wisdom; in fact they are disobedient and are part of the Great Apostacy predicted by Jesus.
Liberalism is immaturity, cloaked with the pretense of moral and intellectual superiority.
Biblically any sex outside a marriage is adultery. That would include rape. So it is covered by the 7th Commandment.
He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- Exodus 21:
Put them to death: the verb is used metaphorically to signify, to deprive a thing of its power, to destroy its strength.
10 Commandments: Exodus 20:13 Thou Shall Not Kill
So you're wrong again. Tell you what... if you get the universe thing figured out before Christmas, PM me and we'll tell the world together.