[Serious] PSA: Rape Apologetics

[Rev. Rye]

I agree that some men see women as their property, and that drich seemed to indicate acceptance of rape. Neither of those views stem from a religious doctrine. They may be a part of culture that needs to be addressed , but lumping that with xx religion/ religious people you have beef with is a fallacious way to start an argument and easily disproven as anti-religious bias. You’re entitled to your opinion, no matter how shitty, just like the religious on this Forum.

It's true that there's nothing inherent in Christianity (or, as far as I can tell, any religion with the possible exception of some cults) that forces people to see women as property or rape as excusable, and that, at its root, it's probably more due to a cultural issue. That said, in some cases, their idea of religion is (for reasons that are honestly batshit) inextricably tied up in their desires to maintain the old patriarchal systems. Admittedly, I can see how you might see, for instance, The Duggars or the Quiverfull movement, as being not so much Christian, as a strange mix of the trappings of Christianity and rationalisations for Patriarchy, but the fact remains that they see their religion (as much as it may have completely missed the plot) as demanding that women keep to a Kinder, Kueche, Kirche role and that anything less is Satanic. And if one of their own rapes a woman, it tends to be treated like it's not as big a deal as most of us would think it is. Feel free to argue that they've gone completely off the grid. I'd agree with you, honestly. That doesn't mean there aren't a shockingly large number of people who actually think that way and use the Bible as their proof-text. And many probably live pretty close to you.