How stupid do you have to be?...

[Drich]

If the term Morality is subjective, then all those assholes that publish Bibles need to put a disclaimer on the front that says (contains some immoral bullshit that shouldn't be followed anymore). It doesn't though, and that's why we harp on you to stop touting the whole thing as good, but to instead pay attention to what the authors apparently wrote under the influence of your god. Socio-economic-political whining a aside, do you think that the actions described here are moral.

Do you not see what you had to do to trivialize the 50 shekels of silver? You just took it out of context. Why is that? does it make too much sense when looked at in the context in which the bible frames it? What does it say of your 'morality' if allows you to strip away the proper context of a given discussion, just so you can win an arguement?

Again what you did is appearently a 'moral' thing to do, but by God. It was not a righteous thing to do.

If a man raped your daughter, paid you 50 bucks, and then married her for life, do you think this would be a justified action?

Not only have you removed the context provided by the bible you have substituted what the bible actually say and replaced with your own.

The bible does not say 50 dollars. It says 50 Shekels of silver. Once again Jesus was betrayed to the cross for 30 shekels, and that same thirty was used to buy the field that Judas died in. Put it this way How much money would it take for you to betray Christ, a man you KNEW was the Son of God? A man that you walked and talked with one that you saw perform impossiable mirical after mirical.. Would 30 dollars be enough to cover the cost of your soul? what about 30K? 300K? 30 million maybe?

Whatever the exact worth a shekel in that soceity was worth a great deal more than a dollar is worth to ours.

And remember Judas' betrayal was 1500 to 2000 years after this command was orginally given. Which means it was worth a great deal more, because of the scarcity of silver before the Iron age (And the tools needed to mine for it.) 50 Shekels probably enough to live on for a great while if not the rest of your life with a kid in tow.

again this was a deturrant like the prolifiaction of nuclear arms. If the cost was so great to use them then mutually assured destruction would ensure no one would.

In otherwords if raping some woman cost you a lifetime of wages, ensured you were sold into slavery, then still have to care for her forever, anyone with any sense would not rape a woman. After all a woman could be 'bought' for a lot less, and according to what Christ said/complained about Mosaic divorce, one had an option to get rid of her and move on to the next one if she displeased you for even a trivial reason.

If you raped a woman you were bound for life.