Are Old Testament laws harsher towards women?
Another one of the more relevant objections to Christianity is the apparent sexism that we read into scripture, particularly the Old Testament. I have written a handful of previous posts discussing how Christianity is unique in the treatment of women, particularly how women are treated with respect in contrast with the ancient world around the tribes of Israel and the cultures in which Christianity was born. We see scripture filled with stories that prominently feature women and show that God will pour out his grace and love on all of his creations equally (Ruth and Naomi, Mary and Elizabeth, Rahab, the women leaders in the early church mentioned in Acts, I could go on but I want to get to the specifics of this post.) What I want to do is to take a look at the supposed scriptures that people reference in regard to women, typically in regards to sexual assault and marriage, though the women counting as half a testimony also comes t...