If Hitchen's challenge is correct, then why are there ethical lapses?

[richardhutnik]

kanageddaamen said:

There is no such thing as christian morality, only christian obedence.  The morality of any act is judged by the society of the time, and certainly not absolute in any religious framework.

Let me give you an example.  There are things that are conditionally moral, immoral or amoral.  Killing a person, for example, if done because they have dark skin, is something that we as a society would consider immoral, while killing a person in defense of an innocent life we might consider amoral or moral, depending on the situation.  Rape, on the other hand is something as a society we would not deem moral under any circumstances

Not so in a christian framework.  In several sections of the bible, god commands people to rape.  Were these people NOT to rape the virgins as commanded, they would be disobeying god's word and would therefore be sinning.  From a christian viewpoint, then, sometimes it is actually immoral NOT to rape someone, if so commanded by god.

And how does this not correspond with compliance with any moral code at all?  There is either obedience to the code or there isn't.  

If one were to bring the gospels in, then you end up missing things in it, if you simply have the net sum as "obey" or "not obey".  You have examples of giving, and other acts seen as having greater virtue, things beyond just simple sinning.  You also see things like the parable of the talents, where the command was to bring a return, and not exactly do this or that, but do something.  

I would also suggest you do a tad more bit of research, including context on things.  If you are arguing that God COMMANDS men rape women, go and show it.  You could go here, the next sum of all verses brought up, and show where such is argued:

http://www.evilbible.com/Rape.htm

You can't find where God commands raping in that at all.  You do see commands on what to do during a military campaign. You don't see rape though.  If you want to argued forced marriage as the worst evil on the planet, along with shaving a woman's head, you can argue that, but not rape.

And the verses also aren't rape, they are kill.  It was don't kill the virgins.  But, feel free to find something else there to show otherwise.