(July 18, 2017 at 5:02 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: And nothing in that passage says "if she agrees to become your wife". The woman has no say and no choice. It only says to not treat her brutally and to not sell her as a slave. This is because she is no longer a virgin, and therefore damaged goods, and it's because her kidnapper raped her.
If you're applying modern Western values to the era, then you must also recognize that the woman probably wouldn't have had a say and a choice anyway. She probably would have been in a marriage arranged by her parents.
So, in your view, these people gave up their daughters to be raped. Yet, you seemingly disagree with them being punished for that.
