RE: Rape in the Bible
December 3, 2014 at 1:55 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2014 at 1:57 pm by Nope.)
I always thought that this New Testament verse was a little rapey, for lack of a better word.
Husbands and wives do not own each others bodies. I could see how someone could use this verse to guilt someone into sex.
Quote:The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does. Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control. (1 Corinthians 7:3-5 RSV)
Husbands and wives do not own each others bodies. I could see how someone could use this verse to guilt someone into sex.
