How about slavery? For the vast majority of the 6,000 years, that was condoned by most societies.
How about the subjugation of certain races? Ditto.
How about treating women as second-class citizens, or even non-citizens? To boot.
How about the persecution of homosexuals? Likewise.
If you’re going to take the position of ‘Because we did it that way for 6,000 years, it must be a good thing,’ you’re going to have some serious 'splaining to do.
You’ll forgive me for not addressing every single point you issued, as it’s mother’s day and my time is limited, but I thought answering this would provide clarification.
I cannot say why a prudent man should do this, only why I do it. I abide by this principle so that, if new information becomes available and it turns out that something I once believed to be one way is in fact the other, I am able to utilize that information.
Essentially, at this point in my life, I do not believe that I know everything about any one topic to be able to say that I am 100% right about it and know everything there is to know about it. I am willing to entertain the idea that I am wrong. It’s why I ask others questions; to learn what they think.
Push, given how much I have been explaining myself and the continued presence and nature of your questions, I have to ask;
Are you asking me this question because you still don’t understand my explanation of my personal philosophy, or are you asking them in an attempt to “prove me wrong” about my personal philosophy?
I won’t dignify that with an answer. But I do await your explanation for how we decide which longstanding cultural traditions are worth protecting, and which deserve rejection. Clearly, your thesis that a tradition’s longevity is in and of itself an indicator of its value does not hold.
Indeed.
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Surely you experienced irony when you wrote this, haha.
I interpret your non-answer to mean the case of the latter. You may correct me if I am incorrect. The reason I do not desire to answer that question is because I have no interest in being right or persuading you to believe as I believe Push. I am not proselytizing. As I said; I admire your strength of convictions. If you wish to make this a debate, I willfully allow you to consider this a victory. You are clearly right and I am clearly wrong. I will continue to believe wrongly 
Those rules apply to actual questions, not thinly-veiled insults.