Rape in the Bible

[JonDarbyXIII]

@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.

....As I said, I'm perfectly aware of the times and the cultures. But it's no mitigating factor for a supposed higher, timeless and omniscient being to hand out disgusting procedures.

Exactly. Throughout the Torah, the Jews were depicted as a people 'set apart' from their heathen neighbors. From circumcision to human sacrifice to dietary laws, everything was about being 'better' than the other cultures. Therefore, it is no excuse that the times and the culture were different. If rape was wrong, God should have said so even if other cultures thought the practices were acceptable.