RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
December 30, 2011 at 11:08 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2011 at 11:26 pm by LarissaAnn.)
Point STILL remains, the bible is sexist
~ovation for Aegrus~
I said it before, I'll say it again, mankind is more logical and moral than anything you'd find in the bible.
(December 30, 2011 at 10:11 pm)Aegrus Wrote: What I meant by my previous post was that there are far better ways to protect a raped woman than by having her marry her rapist.
You said that an unmarried non-virgin would not be wanted by any men, so the rapist must marry her and be forced to provide for her. Sadly, in reality, the rapist would likely just rape her many more times, and be the absolute minimum he was required to be as a husband. He would provide no emotional comfort, and the woman would probably be miserable for most of her life. So this intended solution that the bible proposes fails in a way that a third grader could predict.
I propose that a better alternative would be to remove the stigma associated with not being a virgin. That way, the woman could go on to lead a normal life. But of course, the bible doesn't say that- because that would involve making women equal to men.
~ovation for Aegrus~
I said it before, I'll say it again, mankind is more logical and moral than anything you'd find in the bible.
~*~Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does ~*~
~*~Live a good life. If there are Gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones - Marcus Aurelius~*~
~*~Live a good life. If there are Gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones - Marcus Aurelius~*~