What god says about rape?

Question

My friend said that in the bible god says its OK to rape a virgin and she's forced to marry him afterwards is that true

Answer 1

No, the bible does not say it is ok to rape. What it does say, is that IF a man rapes a woman he must look after her financially for the rest of her life! And people complain about modern alimony. This deterrent was in place so that people would be less likely to rape someone! Think about it...you would end up paying that woman hundreds of thousands of dollars (modern terms) for having sex with her one time. Would certainly make me think twice!

Answer 2

If you rape a woman you are committing the worst sin. The bible say's to have respect for women and love them like you love yourself Just remember God knows all intentions and what is on our mind. 1pet 3:7 Pro. 11:15

Answer 3

The penalty for rape was death. That Scriptural text in Deuteronomy 22:28-29 is not talking about rape but seduction. Marriage was compulsory after seduction (unless father of girl forbade it) (Ex 22:16, 17; De 22:28, 29) When you look at the proceeding text in verses 23-27 25 “If, however, the man happened to meet the engaged girl in the field and the man overpowered her and lay down with her, the man who lay down with her is to die by himself, 26 and you must do nothing to the girl. The girl has not committed a sin deserving of death. This case is the same as when a man attacks his fellow man and murders him. 27 For he happened to meet her in the field, and the engaged girl screamed, but there was no one to rescue her."



I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Rape is fornication. Because fornication is any sexual contact outside of marriage. And no fornicator will make it into God's kingdom (1 Corinthians 6:9, 10).

Answer 5

No that is not true. Those guilty of rape were stoned to death. Old Testament. Jacob (who became Israel) had a daughter named Dinah who was raped. Her brothers killed all the men of Shechem in revenge.



Read the Bible for yourself so you won't just believe everything some ignorant person tells you.



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Answer 6

The Bible does address the issue of rape. As expected, when the Bible mentions the crime of rape, it is depicted as a gross violation of God’s design for the treatment of the human body (Genesis 34). The Bible condemns rape whenever it is mentioned. For example, there is a particular passage in the laws given to the nation of Israel before entering the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership. This passage (Deuteronomy 22:13-29) spoke directly against forcing a woman into a sexual encounter against her will, or what we know today as rape. This command was meant to protect women and to protect the nation of Israel from committing sinful actions.



Deuteronomy 22:25-27 mentioned the punishment the Mosaic Law commanded for a man who raped a woman. The man was to be killed by stoning while the woman was considered innocent. Though the Mosaic Law was for the nation of Israel during the time of Moses, the principle is clear that rape was sinful in the eyes of God and led to the most extreme punishment possible—death for the rapist.



There are some difficult passages in the Old Testament, however, in relation to this issue. Critics of the Bible are quick to point to Numbers 31 (and other similar passages) in which the Israelites were allowed to take female captives from nations they conquered. Critics make the accusation that this is an example of the Bible condoning, or even promoting, rape. However, the passage says nothing about raping the captive women. It is wrong to assume that the captive women were to be raped. Again, Deuteronomy 22:25-27 condemns rape, even advocating the death penalty for perpetrators of rape. In the Numbers 31 passage the soldiers were commanded to purify themselves and their captives (verse 19). Rape would have violated this command (see Leviticus 15:16-18). The women who were taken captive are never referred to as sexual objects. Did the captive women likely eventually marry amongst the Israelites? Yes. Is there any indication that rape or sex slavery was forced upon the women? Absolutely not.



In the New Testament, rape is not mentioned directly, but within the Jewish culture of its writers, rape would have been considered as sexual immorality. As such, both Jesus and His followers (including the apostle Paul) spoke against sexual immorality, even offering it as justifiable grounds for divorce when a person actively committed sexual acts outside of the bond of marriage (Matthew 5:32). This would not, however, apply to the victim of rape, only the one who committed the act.



Further, the New Testament is clear that Christians are to obey the laws of their governing authorities (Romans 13). Not only is rape morally wrong; it is also wrong according to the laws of our governing authorities. As such, anyone who would commit this crime should expect dire consequences, including arrest and imprisonment.



To the victims of rape, much care and compassion must be offered. God’s Word often speaks about helping those in need and in vulnerable situations. Christians would do well to practice these teachings and model the love and compassion of Christ by assisting victims of rape in any way possible.



To those who have committed rape, we must remember two things. First, people are responsible for the sins they commit. Second, however, no one is beyond the grace of God. Even in the lives of those who have committed the vilest of sins, God can extend forgiveness to any who will repent and turn from their evil ways (1 John 1:9). This does not remove the need for punishment according to the law, but it can offer hope, even to those whose sins have made them outcasts in the eyes of others.

Answer 7

The sad thing is that these people who say the Bible condones rape know better. They are just plain lying to make their point



23 “If there is a fbetrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. dSo you shall purge the evil from your midst.

25 “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall di

Answer 8

No

GOD,does not say it's ok to rape anyone.

Answer 9

God doesn't say anything. Consult the law of the law of the land for the law regarding rape in your country.

Answer 10

The Laws of Moses prescribe punishments for rape.



Try as you will, you will not turn punishment into reward.

Answer 11

Sigh......parts of the Bible were telling stories of 3,000 years ago, dear.

You can't relate one story with it being OK today.

Just relax. It's not true and it doesn't mean God is OK with rape. that's stupid.

Answer 12

You have to pay her father 30 pieces of silver, but you get to marry her and cannot divorce - notice that the poor woman gets NO SAY AT ALL in this transaction!

Answer 13

So with the benefit of context



Deuteronomy 22:25-29

25 “But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. 26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter. 27 For he found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.



28 “If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.







Seems pretty clear to me. If a man rapes (i.e. "forces her and lies with") a woman, then he is put to death and she is considered innocent. But if a man "seizes her and lies with" a woman and "they" are found out, they are to marry. I understand why "seizes" might confuse some people, but surely not those who have fairly considered the context

Answer 14

She is very wrong. In Genesis, the 1st book of the Bible, God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because he could not find one man in the cities who was a not a homosexual or rapist. The Bible shows us that both Homosexuality and Rape are disgusting..

Answer 15

Yes. Back then women were property and a raped woman was seen as being "soiled goods" and wouldn't get much of a dowry. Ergo, the rapist was forced to provide monies for ruining the potential earner for her dad which was obviously the primary concern in the eyes of hebrew law. Not the battered woman. To get a better idea of the mentality of hebrew men and law of the time, if she didn't scream enough while she was being raped, then the whore was obviously enjoying it and got stoned to death. The slut.

Answer 16

What the Bible says on rape. Its more or less ok if the women are enemy captives and not so ok if it's a female from your own group but you can make up for it by paying her father and marrying the victim.



"If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her." Deuteronomy 22:28





"When you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD, your God, delivers them into your hand, so that you take captives, if you see a comely woman among the captives and become so enamored of her that you wish to have her as wife, you may take her home to your house. But before she may live there, she must shave her head and pare her nails and lay aside her captive's garb. After she has mourned her father and mother for a full month, you may have relations with her, and you shall be her husband and she shall be your wife. However, if later on you lose your liking for her, you shall give her her freedom, if she wishes it; but you shall not sell her or enslave her, since she was married to you under compulsion." Deuteronomy 21:10



As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 20:10-14



When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)



And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? ... Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

-- Numbers 31:15-18



Oh yeah, and if a man marries a woman (other than post raping her cases) and she is not a virgin as was considered proven by her bleeding on having sex on the sheet, then the man could bring her back to her family where the men of the community shall gather to stone her to death.

Deuteronomy 20

Answer 17

Yes. 50 shekels of silver. The bad news is you can't divorce her. But its ok. You can marry another as well and simply never talk to her. You can divorce the other ones for burning your toast too.

Answer 18

That's a rather depraved interpretation of what the Bible says. If you decide that you want to let some other person interpret the Bible for you, and put faith in what they interpret, rather than read the Bible for yourself, be careful who you choose as your cult leader.

Answer 19

Sigh. No. Did you have your friend show you where it says that? Or did he just stand there and make a claim?



Hannah J Paul

Answer 20

Yes, the bible repeatedly states women are property and rape is acceptable: http://www.evilbible.com/Rape.htm

Answer 21

The Bible says: “The shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself, but the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.”—Proverbs 22:3.

Answer 22

yes and it is also true he had to pay a dowerly to the father of the virgin and that he couldn't divorce her all his days on earth. thanks for the question friend. God bless.

Answer 23

You could find out by reading the bible. Just a suggestion.

Answer 24

Oh yes. You are right. The bible and the bible God have no respect for women.

Answer 25

Bible does not say it is OK.

Bible says that it is evil. It says so in that same verse.

Bible says that that guy performed EVIL.

Answer 26

Yes, that is Biblical

Answer 27

Try it! See what the cops have to say about it.

Answer 28

Guess the law will be irrelevant if it is reality. SIGH!!!

Answer 29

It is nothing . This is very bad

Answer 30

The rapist can buy his victim from her father.

Answer 31

No.