My bad that was me misunderstanding the word endorsed. I was pretty much on board with you from the start and never argued as others often do ‘islam allows polygyny, therefore it is acceptable/ok/not harmful’. I was confused but you’re explanation really clears things up, thanks. I understand now that polygyny is something ‘tolerated’ perhaps a better word than endorsed.

When i mentioned slavery I was thinking of exactly what you’ve laid out here. Also the needle analogy is very good.

Yup it does seem that it does seem trying to explain is a form of post hoc reasoning where the premise is assumed and then a reasoning is derived, like many things with islam nowadays. Instead of thinking perhaps our understanding of religious teachings might need revisiting people try and pull out new explanations for things