| richardhutnik said: If you want to end up making this about the Christian religion, then show where in line with what Jesus said, and New Testament texts say, that there is allowing rape? If the ideal is waiting until one is married for sex, and that, where the heck do you fit in rape? Can you make out anywhere, where rape would end up being an acceptable practice by a Christian? If not, then why are you even arguing this point? I don't see the Bible saying anything about software piracy either, so that means Jesus condones it? If you want to take the Christian religion, and people having Jesus as their Lord/Boss/superior, they respond to, and the idea is people do this genuinely, then show your understanding of what the Christian faith DOES say about how individuals are to live, if they are Christians, and what they are to strive for. Focus on what is there, not what is permitted, condoned, etc.... |
Software piracy is acknowledged because it's a form of stealing. And stealing prohibited in the Bible.
But anyway, raping and software piracy are different. Software piracy isn't directly mentioned. But raping (and slavery) is directly acknowledged several times in the bible. Yet there are no rules placed against it. There are rules on what to do after one rapes someone. But nothing is set in place which says 'do not rape' That's what condoning means - to overlook behavior that is considered wrong. You don't have to enourage something; the fact that an act is seen but is overlooked is what condoning means.
If the Bible never mentioned rape, then I wouldn't be able to what the Bible's stance on religion is. But it does acknowledge it, directly. And considering it's the word of God, I would expect something that says it's wrong.
But instead, the Bible says that if you rape a woman, then there are rules in place for you. And that rule is to marry the victim. So if you follow those rules, then you're morally good. Therefore, a person can rape a woman, and as long as he marries the woman, then he is morally good. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's truly right or wrong.
