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[–] khanh@lemmy.zip 55 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
  1. Rape, regardless of gender, is wrong.
  2. This charity implies rape against women is not wrong.
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

According to the Bible, Men raping Women isn't wrong. At least not as long as the father of the victim gets compensated and the two get married.

https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv%3Adeu.22.28-deu.22.29

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes, the fee was 50 shekels of silver for raping a virgin child, so less than $150 USD (assuming each silver shekel was 11.4 gm, the standard shekel back then).

This is why we need the Bible to teach us morality, you see.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago

The first part of Deuteronomy is historical. The second part is legislative. There is still much that can be learned from it.

This idea, whether it comes from the religious or not, that the entire 44+ books of the Bible are some kind of "Do everything this collection of documents says to the exact letter or else hell or something" instruction manual is one of the most ignorant and sadistic jokes of our time, and to reduce it to such is an act of intellectual dishonesty.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

But if I ignore the parts I find immoral, and focus on what I personally consider to be good moral lessons, it gives me objective morality!

[–] newline@feddit.nl 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was happier not knowing this

[–] chinaski@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

We should all be educated on the books these eejits derive their beliefs