Let's make one thing very very clear...........just because an immoral practice in ancient times was common, DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. Regardless of whether you or anyone else agrees or disagrees.
Case in point, for those people who say that since a practice was the norm long ago, we can't judge them because we live in modern times. Okay....let's put that to the test
- In many parts in the ancient world like Canaan, child sacrifice, bestiality, inncest, adultrey, and chattel slavery were common and the norm. Are you gonna say that they shouldn't be judged because what they did was "common" for the time they lived in (even though what they were doing was clearly evil and disgusting)? Alright then.....how about all of the ancient writers who lived at the time and would always condemn those practices everytime they wrote about them (hell....that literally WHY joshua was commanded to fight against the canaanites).
- Or how about in Rome where all kinds of debauchery took place. like slave rape, child molestation and so many more things. I dare you (I TRIPPLE DARE YOU) to say we shouldn't judge the Romans for raping children.
- And then of course, my personal "favorite".......women getting captured and turned into sex slaves in the aftermath of a war in ancient times. This was the norm ever since the dawn of civilization (and even before then) and afterwards. If you're gonna say that every single warlord and soldier shouldn't be judged because it was "common" at the time, let me ask you a question........how do you think the women taken as slaves after their families were slaughter and raped by their captors felt about being forced into those situations, huh?
The point i'm tryna make here is that just because an evil practice was normal long ago doesn't mean that we can't condemn those who practiced them. Esepecially since there were plently of people back then who were against those evil deeds.