[A_perfect_lady]

Remember, these stories all come out of the Middle East. To the men who wrote the Bible, women and children were pretty much replaceable commodities, and if the new woman was younger than the old one, hey... he traded up.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The later parts of the bible get into further particulars. There are some things that went on in early civilizations and little commented upon in the Hebrew bible, that would be regarded as gross faux pas now. But that’s not because freethinkers taught us that they were gross faux pas. It’s because Christianity did.

[PieterCasparzen]

Remember, these stories all come out of the Middle East. To the men who wrote the Bible, women and children were pretty much replaceable commodities, and if the new woman was younger than the old one, hey... he traded up.

Honoring women is quite fundamental to God's Word, but it has to be honestly studied to find that truth.

The "table(s) of the law" (commandments) are foundational, and they reveal a requirement for true honor of women.

[James C. Bennett]

Remember, these stories all come out of the Middle East. To the men who wrote the Bible, women and children were pretty much replaceable commodities, and if the new woman was younger than the old one, hey... he traded up.

I totally agree with you. I see this "evolution" of morality in the entire scheme as a signature of its man-made origins. This is a hard truth that the subscribers to this dogma are forced to contend with, but pretend to ignore when it is called out on.