| Wonktonodi said:
I'm glad you are seeing some things here that make you question. I grew up Jewish and started questioning years ago. With the girl crying out for help, the unsaid thing is that obviously someone would stop it and then then consequence would be the one you mentioned before. However cities of today are not the cities of back then, it's much easier to be where you can't be heard. Although even then I would say the law was harsh. The last paragragh had numerous things that today would be considered horrible. Selling a daughter a a slave. The bolded part is where you could infer the sex and considering that she was sold as a slave I'd have a hard time calling it anything but rape. There is also another law or marrage in here as well. |
@bold. mm
Yeah, the selling a daughter as a slave, I was unsure if the father was a slave himself or not. It is aweful to think of. Sometimes you read these things and kind of tell yourself "did I just read that" :3. Probably this should make a man wonder if selling his daughter is the right approach at allin the first place. But maybe again the hardness of hearts... Possibly the slavery tradew as used in very grim and desperate situations where people were dying and this was their only hope, a bit like dept slavery today (it exists for some countries and for some people in the west).
I've always questioned these things, but it helps to question them with people, that's why I like debating these things. If my religion is shameful, why should I hide it? But if it's true, it should stand up to scrutiny. And you are very respectful in your approach so it makes it that much easier and rewarding in the end.
