The Bible verse discussion thread

[richardhutnik]

happydolphin said:

1st topic on hand, does God condone Rape, and does the mosaic law unjustly deal with matters of rape?

A quote from Mr. Wonktonodi to begin the debate:

Deuteronomy 22:28-29

 

    If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father.  Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.

That is a law of marriage and rape. How moral is it to force a rape victim to marry her rapist? Is there a point where this is invalidated latter?

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

 

Fire away :3 (not litterally, just have fun! :D)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19&version=NIV 

⁷ “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard."

 

http://bible.cc/ephesians/5-25.htm

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

 

Now, if you just want the nits to be strained, you can find a number of articles like this one that go into the subject:

http://www.equip.org/bible_answers/how-could-the-bible-command-a-rape-victim-to-marry-her-rapist/

 

The question is: Do you just want to spend page after page after page dicing up specific texts or address bigger issues?  If you want specific nits, then label each topic separately, with an overarching theme in the subject header.  On that, you can check out Exodus 22.