@Olivebranch,
This is going to sound very strange to you but I think it is you who have forsaken the law. And I'm not saying this as an attack. Not at all. How much you follow the bible should be your choice, not mine.
So why would I say such an ironic thing?
If you are a student of the law, and understandably most people aren't, then you know that it changed over time. The entire law was not given on 2 tablets of stone. If you believe that stone is worth more than all of history since then you should believe in slavery because slavery was quite legal. The treatment of slaves, over time though, got better. Why? Because the TIMES were changing and so were people's attitudes and what they considered to be right and wrong.
When you capture right and wrong in a moment of time like that... you're capturing the limited perspective of those people you are choosing to copy. But you are ignoring their GROWTH.
That early society was PATRIARCHAL. If you agree with this (sexism) it is perhaps because you feel obligated based on the bible. However, the reason sexism is in the bible is that the people at that time were sexist. That doesn't mean people should always and forever be sexist. If people were racist, that's the same type of energy. Does it mean that people should always and forever be racist? Of course not.
Women had to fight hard just to get the right to vote; just to be seen as equals and they're still not paid the same in many if not most cases.
They are not the ones who need to change. It's us men.
So I ask you, for the sake of your family, PLEASE do not copy cat ancient culture without true understanding. It is not right. Human beings make progress over time. We also make mistakes! We make social progress just like we make scientific progress. You use a computer because you accept and adapt to scientific progress. It is therefore hypocritical not to adapt to social progress as well, especially where you might feel unnaturally superior to other humans that you claim to love.
So don't worship or give such high regard to scrutiny or image. You want to look the part. To be honest with you... no one should care about that. There is no value in worshipping the fashion sense of people who lived 8,000 years ago under different climate conditions. That's not how we should respect our ancestors. We should respect them, not by copying everything they did and didn't do, but by carrying their torch into the future and continuing to make a better world in their name. I would roll in my grave if my children repeated all my mistakes. Because then what would be the point of me making those mistakes? What would be the point of teaching them anything? Do you see?
Now if you want to know more about me, and what I do, I'm not hiding anything from you but I'm also not going to brag or list accomplishments. I don't think that would speak very well of me and discussions should be about ideas, not people. And I don't feel like you're interest is genuine anyway, more so looking for something to criticize. And if that's how you feel, do what you must. But again... it kind of misses the whole point of the law.
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