Does that mean all the study of the subject by universities, seminaries, professors of religion and the Bible were all wrong?  Why then do we have them and support our seminaries?  Do you think you know more than they? You mention being consistent with His character, and that is exactly the point. Maybe a lot of people don't understand His character and base their ideas on selected texts that don't always match up with others. The Bible is a whole and not to be cut  in pieces to please our biases. Following this logic men should have wives and slaves. It's not the same world. But this is not the point of the article which seeks to show decisions were made, not on theology, but on taxes and money.