A little while ago I wrote a post criticising Michael Martin’s contention that the Bible commands a rape victim to marry her rapist, Does the Bible Teach that a Rape Victim has to Marry her Rapist? To summarise briefly, Martin cited Deuteronomy 22:28-29 and interpreted it as,
Here the victim of rape is as treated the [...]
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Sunday Study: The Bible and Rape – A Response to Michael Martin
September 27th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: Bible · Ethics · Hermeneutics · Michael Martin · Rape · Sexual Morality · Sunday Stu · Sunday Study · Theology
Sunday Study: Does the Bible Teach that a Rape Victim has to Marry her Rapist?
July 5th, 2009 36 Comments
In our recent discussion on the Bible’s teachings on slavery John Loftus asked Madeleine, “if you were raped you should marry your rapist? Get real. … Would you want to be treated the way the Bible says women and slaves should be treated?” Loftus then dedicated a post on Debunking Christianity to Madeleine’s “stupidity” for [...]
Tags: John Loftus · Michael Martin · Sexual Morality · Sunday Study · Theology
