God does not do things that are arbitrary. It may look that way to us, in fact it probably will. We may not understand or be capable of understanding. We may not agree, but God has a reason.
Consider what is called “the Law”. It has different scope in different contexts. It starts with the Ten Commandments and extends to what fibers you can use in cloth. It can be divided into Moral Law, Dietary Law, Ritual Law and so forth. Each jot and tittle of the Law has a purpose in creation.
Take for instance the requirement that Jewish males be circumcised. It is an act of covenant but it also has a real effect on life. Modern science has discovered health benefits to circumcision. Jewish women have lower rates of cervical cancer. Men who have not been circumcised are eight times more likely to contact AIDS. That is just one example. It took millennia to learn this but it applied all that time. The commands of God are full of this type of results.
Creation is an intricate machine and God has written a manual for us to keep in step with how it works. Obviously I am referring to the Bible. Read it and don’t weep.
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