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Called it. That would be from Paul who was writing to a specific culture that had a tendency to kill women that didn't do that. Paul also wrote his opinions. (and usually states such right before he does so)
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It's the typical excuse to backpedal on but ultimately, everyone who claims to live by the bible is guilty of picking and choosing in some form or another. If you truly and honestly believe that the bible is the infallible word of a greater being than you, you can't throw out some of the rules just because you don't like them. Don't buy into a belief you can't be consistent about because inevitably a skeptic like me is going to call you out for it.
As for why I don't buy for a second that the bible is the word of any god, my proof is simple: The bible contradicts the heliocentric theory. At the time it was written, it was believed that earth was the center of the universe but today, we know that to be incorrect. A god would know that and thus if the bible was his own word, it would correctly state this as well.
In fact, if the bible really was the word of god, why does it contain not a shred of information beyond that which man of the time period knew? My answer is because it is the work of man, not of any god.
What would convince me otherwise? Two possibilities I can think of...
1. If it contained information that there's no way people of that time could have known themselves
2. If any of it's prophecies or predictions actually came true (to count, the prophecy cannot be vague, ambiguous, self fulfilling or retroactive)