(August 17, 2012 at 1:33 am)elunico13 Wrote:(August 17, 2012 at 1:18 am)Creed of Heresy Wrote: 3. When it’s a female sex slave: Leviticus 19:20-22 talks about what you must do if you rape or sleep a slave girl. The girl will not punished by death, but only because she is the property of someone else. The rapist however must present the owner of the girl with a gift such as a ram and then everything will be considered ok in the eyes of the Lord.
Isn’t rape immoral?
Leviticus is the closest to the original question. There isn't any word for rape in those verses. Just fornication between 2 people.
So now answer your own question. Why is rape immoral???
I think it's very clever how people say "there was no word for rape!" Except that given the context it clearly meant rape in all of those instances.
Why is rape immoral? Gee, maybe it has something to do with forcing someone to do something against their will, over-riding their freedom of choice and personal being, resulting in severe psychological trauma that damages the victim for the rest of their life? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, the most basic human moral precept; rape, which is to have someone force themselves upon you in an extremely invasive manner, is the most obvious and clear violation of this basic form of morality.
