Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.

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If forcing someone to have sex with you against their will isn't rape, then what is?

Rape is unlawful sexual intercourse. Most cultures have excluded sex between husband and wife from rape laws.

Called it^

EDIT: Next page? Called it in post 229.

And if you say that it isn't rape in a marriage, then we must note that the marriage was also forced.

Yes. You noted yourself that forced marriage does not necessarily imply rape.

Yeah, they get raped too. The excuse given to say it isn't rape is "well, they're married", but the marriage was also forced so it is doubly unfair.

Or are you implying that women shouldn't have a say in the matter, and that the bible is morally correct after all?

I'm just asking that critics get the situation correct. Is it still unsettling from a modern western POV? Yes. But most atheists view it as battlefield rape and/or sex slaves, and that's not accurate. In that culture, men were expected to marry, and polygamy was allowed. That means some wives were needed from outside.

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Because a culture did it automatically makes it okay? What about human sacrifices, are they okay too? Tell me, if someone is forced to 'marry' someone else, and that someone has absolute control over them, sexually and otherwise, is that person not basically a slave, regardless of what it is called?