Christianity Encourages you to Marry the Man you were Raped By!?

Question

A raped, unengaged virgin must marry her rapist and they can never divorce (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).

What justice the “moral majority” advocates!

Answer 1

Wow that would suck a candy-coated turd lollipop!

Why did you star your own question?

Answer 2

Interesting interpretation of mosaic law. Let's see how rational this statement is:

Let me see Christianity (this was in the old testament, before Christ) Encourages (I don't see any thing about church or religious tenants here only the recitation of practices of law) you to marry the man you were raped by. Let's look at the verses as they appear in the king James version.

28 ¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

I don't see anything about rape here? What I see is a law about premarital sex. The law would be very consistant with the societal culture at the time. It was very restrictive and defined as to the action, and penalty for may things.

It states that one who defiles the purity of a woman must pay what was the price of a bride and is obligated to care for her the rest of his days without recourse.

Anyone want to take a guess at what the penalty was for the refusal to marry someone whom they had defiled?

In some ways it would be nice to have a society regardles of religion that care so much for the virtue of women today!

Either you are trying to incite, don't know what you are talking about, or are just maliciously twisting the context of the writing. All of which would seem to indicate a less than enlightened approach to life.

Love you anyway.

Answer 3

pal, maximum of folk examine the scriptures & in basic terms take a verse or 2 out of context & can not see the main appropriate image. Now i desire you to pass back on your scriptures, You used Verse 28-29, enable's see what it does incredibly say, I won't examine the completed verse, Now you think of it fairly is talking a pair of female being raped, How do you account for this action of raped as you place it has Humbled that female, Do you think of a woman that has been raped is humbled to that guy NO. yet Now if a guy & female falls in love & have intercourse in the past marriage that may not comparable to rape. in reality if a guy rapes a woman he substitute into to be killed, through fact he has defiled a woman. Now you point out approximately homosexuals in the OT, they're point out additionally in the NT. Romans 10:4 Says that Jesus Christ is the tip of the regulation. So do not think of that a woman that has been raped, has to marry that guy, that may not the way the bible speaks, particular, you are able to take a verse out of context, yet you besides mght could examine each verse in the past the only you point out & see an over all image. Any female that has been rape isn't obligated to marry that guy, in reality she may be greater obligated to have him put in reformatory.

Answer 4

That is not Christianity. That is talking about the nation Israel. In those days woman, held no positions of power, without a supporting male they were destitute. So, if a man raped her, he became responsible for her well-being. He would spend his days providing for her. It was highly disgraceful for a woman to engage in any kind of sex and not having the benefit of marriage, it actually saved her from disgrace. Of course Christians don't practise this today, they would be in jail. The Jewish nation did not have jails, they were living under Egyptians as their slaves, and later they spent 40 years wandering without a country.

Answer 5

Theres a girl i know who was told she had to marry her rapist, BY HER CHURCH, when she was raped, the people saying its the old testament law, and youre taking it out of context, are defending thier abusive religion. christians can be so closed minded when they want to be.

Answer 6

Try reading it again friend and think in terms of the days wherein it was written. But this time, try not to deceive yourself and others who are less learned in the word. Try starting your reading this time at Verse 25-29. Tomorrow you'll hate you made the statement above.

God bless.

Answer 7

Sorry, but that was part of the Mosaic Law, and Christians are no longer under the Law, but under grace.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

It never ceases to amaze me how opponents of Christianity will seek out the most obscure Old Testament references in order to "discredit" Christians. That's pretty pathetic, don't you think?

Especially since you apparently haven't bothered to read the New Testament and understand what it teaches.

Answer 8

The text doesen't actually say what you imply. It says the rapest must pay 50 pounds of silver to her family and he is responsible to her as a husband for as long as he lives. A somewhat different message.

Answer 9

In the verse above that is says that the rapist should be killed, dont pick and choose. If the rapest isn't killed, as in your example, maybe the girl would rather marry him than kill him. I do not really understand why the rapist is not killed.

Deut. 22:25-26 for referance

Answer 10

Deuteronomy covers the old law of the ancient Hebrews, and almost none of it is intended to relate to our modern lives. The laws were specific to the period and the people. You really ought to try harder to understand a people before you decide to berate them.

Answer 11

no
The rapist hopefully will spend many years in prison.The woman needs Jesus (as everyone does) and if she marries ,he should be the man that will be good to her.Rebellious kids were supposed to be disciplined a certain way in the old testiment (would you want that done today?).