(September 1, 2012 at 1:30 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:It is morally wrong to rape somebody, even if they raped you first and you are reciprocating."
That kind of reciprocity/payback is a common part of Judeo-Christian morality ;'"an eye for an eye,"taken from Hammurabi. The reciprocity of violent ,even fatal reciprocity of revenge is still common in many 'developed' societies.
Quote:It's not appealing, but it's true and we as atheists need to find a solution to this problem
No,'we' do not need to find a solution to anything. 'As an atheist" I have no position on an any issue whatsoever apart from the existence of god(s).
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Exodus 21:24 (KJV)
Quote:eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
I don't care what Christians believe. I'm more concerned about atheists and the problem of subjective morality becoming equivalent to rape apologetics.
Every atheists should be concerned about this.