RE: Rape in the Bible
December 2, 2014 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2014 at 2:09 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(December 2, 2014 at 1:42 pm)alpha male Wrote: @OP: If you read further, you'll find regulations regarding the treatment of females captured in war. They were to be brought into the captor's house, given 30 days to mourn, then married. In that culture, that wasn't rape. By today's Western consent standards, yes, you can say it was rape. Of course, considering the prevalence of arranged marriage across time and cultures, by those standards the majority of women who have lived were raped. And maybe you think that, but I don't think most people are so judgmental of other cultures.
Yes, because this deity's desires are determined by the folks who worship him.
What does that tell you about him?
eta: Cato and Chad already got there, yeah. This is what I get for sleeping in.
