Re: Morality Of Scriptures
The opponents often argue that these rules were designed to make the religious community mutually cohesive. As in certain cases in Judaism and Islam the prinicipal is not extended to those who do not folow that particular religion. Such as, in Torah, jews were punised if they comitted adultery with a jewish woman but not if they comitted adultery with woman of an other tribe or religion. Similarly the principle in Islam that a muslim will not be killed for taking life of a non-muslim.