There are definitely laws in the Bible about men, women, and so forth that do sound off to modern ears. There's no doubt about that. And then, the mature person will learn about the realities of life in that time to fully understand the what's and the why's.
Yeah, when I talked about the equal status of Abraham and Sarah, I got: "Well who paid the bills?"
(Trying to imagine a nomadic shepherd who traveled the countryside with camels and tents thinking about bills.).
Hahaha. Bills? (Thought to self hearing such silly counterpoint: Hmmm I see this conversation is going no where)
Yeah, it didn't.
There are definitely laws in the Bible about men, women, and so forth that do sound off to modern ears. There's no doubt about that. And then, the mature person will learn about the realities of life in that time to fully understand the what's and the why's.
But not these people.