[Serious] PSA: Rape Apologetics

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The Old Testament sucks on the issue once again. New Testament doesn't fix it.

I'd be curious to know your thoughts on this article.

Here's a quote from the early days of my denomination back in the 1800's; I believe it echoes a similar passage from biblical commentator Matthew Henry in the late 1600's: "Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him."

I’m perfectly willing to concede that Jesus’ views regarding women may have been more enlightened than those of his contemporaries, but I’m not sure it matters all that much. Christianity is more about what Paul said than what Jesus did, and Paul’s attitude towards women is pretty harsh.

Boru