One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.

[Aoi Magi]

Hmm, interesting thread...

To CL and Pool, why exactly is child rape wrong?

Well, here's my answer. It's a disordered act that goes against Natural Law, and there are several reasons for that: 

1. God created sex to be a sacred act of mutual self giving love between husband and wife. Rape takes sex completely outside of that context on many severe levels. It completely defiles something which is meant to be sacred.  

2. Every person has inherent value and inherent human rights. By forcing yourself on someone for your own gratification you are reducing them down to an object to be used by you, and in doing so, disregarding them as human beings with inherent value. Simultaneously you are taking away their inherent rights by using force and/or no consent.   

3. Children are the most vulnerable and weakest among us, and we have a moral responsibility to protect those who are weaker. By doing the exact opposite we are not only neglecting our moral duties, we are completely violating them.

0. How do you know there is a "natural law" against rape when the concept of rape itself seems to exist only among humans in a civilized society?

1. Umm, so do you believe a wife cannot be raped by her husband within the bounds of marriage?

2. What are these "inherent human rights", and why should violating them concern me in any way if I am the perpetrator?

3. Again, leaving aside social consequences, why should the perpetrator be concerned about neglecting or violating these "moral duties"?