He provided the means by which that need is fulfilled.
Yeah, get married way too early just so you can have sex, in keeping with the terms and conditions God supposedly put on it for some reason.
Such leads to rampant fornication. It would be much better if the average age were around twenty.
A higher divorce rate is better than fornication? I think our priorities are exactly opposite there.
Written by men? Oh I dunno, let's see...
- The part that forbids mixing linen and wool in the same garment.
- The part that forbids mixing different species of seeds in the same garden/vineyard.
- The part that says pigs and shellfish are not clean to eat. (Why not just command us to cook it thoroughly?)
- The parts that call for ritualistic animal sacrifices.
- The parts that call for the death penalty if you curse your father or mother, or work on the Sabbath.
- The part that says a rape victim must marry their rapist.
- The parts that support slavery and/or talk about slavery as being a normal part of life, instead of condemning it every chance it gets like it does non-compliant sexual relations.
- The part where God supposedly sent a bear to maul a couple of teenagers just for teasing Elisha about being bald.
- The part that permits no woman to teach or have authority over a man.
- The extra Cainan mentioned in Luke's account of the lineage from Adam to Jesus, as compared to Genesis and Chronicles.
- The entire pointless book of Song of Solomon.
- All the magic, miracles, visions, and predictions about the future.
It's really pretty obvious to anyone who looks: The Bible is about 20% godliness and 80% BS.