dunno. probably. It's not like religion has a monopoly on prudishness- there will always be "not enough" weirdos and the "far too much" weirdos. (and then all the people who are too-normal, also being weirdos. Okay so I think humans are weirdos by default.)

STD and unwanted pregnancy

The whole adultery thing isn’t controlling?

Marriage required recognition by a priest. All sex must happen inside the union if a marriage.

They were literally controlling who had kids with whom.

The whole theft thing protected the rich way more than it did the poor.

The “worship none one beside me” was also about keeping people from leaving.

Murder was about maintaining stability. Remember, murder is the unjustified killing of another. Who do you think was better at justifying it with a little bribe?

But all of that is besides the point that religion vastly predates the Ten Commandments. The only reason that they’re not “progressive” was because as a basic moral code, they’ve been around longer than Moses.

Oh, and forget the whole store of the exile from Egypt and stuff. That’s all justification for genociding their neighbors.

Moving beyond the 10 commandments which are far from the only religious law… ancient Judaism was extremely controlling. Off the top of my head:

• men had to get part of their dick removed
• women had to wear long hair, but cover it
• you could only eat certain foods, at certain times, with certain people
• micromanaging rest days to the extreme.
• the kind of fabrics your clothes were made from

There’s a lot more there. And there’s a reason for that. By making it so restrictive, and threatening eternal damnation, it ensures people do what you tell them to do, and there’s plenty of people that- as ardent believers- are terrified and will do all kinds of stupid shit to stay in god’s good graces.

I am concerned you don't know the 10 commandments if you think they're not controversial or controlling.

To name a few most forgotten:

Honor the sabbath day. Only worship yhwh. Don't make any idols. Don't take yhwv's name in vain. And a lesser thought-crime: Don't covet.

Sure, the rest are societally beneficial. But these that are often forgotten are about control and nothing else.

Edit: It's hardly ever brought up that monotheism in Judaism wasn't a thing until much later. So, again, these forgotten rules are about controlling who and even how to worship.