Despite my opinion also that the bible is flawed in places it doesnt
change the fact that there IS a war going on RIGHT NOW here on earth
between light and darkness, good and evil etc.......... And as it is
still going on now theres no doubt when the bible was written in was
going on then so maybe a lot of bad stuff made it into the bible, i
mean who says the people who chose which books entered the bible were
holy, who says the people who interpretated the original scriptures
were holy. You seem to have interest in bible stories so instead of
picking out the flaws why don't you look for the good bits and debate
on those.

"Editor of EvilBible.com" <Dont_Reply@Here.com> wrote in
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Despite my opinion also that the bible is flawed in places it doesnt

the fact that there IS a war going on RIGHT NOW here on earth between

and darkness, good and evil etc.......... And as it is still going on now
theres no doubt when the bible was written in was going on then so maybe a
lot of bad stuff made it into the bible, i mean who says the people who
chose which books entered the bible were holy, who says the people who
interpretated the original scriptures were holy. You seem to have interest
in bible stories so instead of picking out the flaws why don't you look

the good bits and debate on those.

Despite my opinion also that the bible is flawed in places it doesnt change
the fact that there IS a war going on RIGHT NOW here on earth between light
and darkness, good and evil etc.......... And as it is still going on now

Despite my opinion also that the bible is flawed in
places it doesnt change the fact that there IS a war
going on RIGHT NOW here on earth between light and
darkness, good and evil etc...

Fool of EvilBible.com wrote:

Evil Bible Quote of the Day for Jan. 18, 2004 from www.EvilBible.com:

Laws of Rape (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)

"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

to divorce her."


What kind of person would get their moral guidance from an ancient book

myths and magic that says it is OK to murder, rape, pillage, and

Read more about the evils of the Bible at www.EvilBible.com

Once again you must be educated:

Sex was not considered to be a matter of private moral decision in
Israel; it was something of community concern. These laws regulate
sexual behavior out of concern for fairness to the parties involved and
a recognition that the whole community has a stake in these matters.
Although these laws are one-sided and operate from an exclusively male
viewpoint, they did offer women some limited protection from the worst
excesses of male domination.
The concern for fairness is clearest in vv. 13-21. The husband’s charge
may be a vicious pretext for divorce, but the parents may be able to
clear their daughter’s name by showing the “token” of her virginity, a
cloth stained with the blood of her wedding night. Both mother and
father share this parental role (cf. 21:18-21). The husband is punished
severely because he has defamed her and the nation as well. She is
justly protected from further attempts at divorce. If her parents cannot
prove her previous virginity, however, she is assumed to have committed
a “folly in Israel” (22:21) and is stoned beside her father’s house as a
sign of the shame she has brought to her family. Whether she turns out
to be guilty or innocent, this is no private matter of her personal
behavior, for the reputation of the nation is at stake (vv. 19, 21).
Five laws guarding sexual purity follow. Adultery and rape are seen as
offenses against the husband or father of the woman involved. There
seems to be no concern for rape as a crime of violence against the woman
herself in these laws. If both parties are caught in adultery, that is,
if the woman is married to someone else, both must die, for this is an
evil to be purged from Israel (v. 22). The case is similar if she is
betrothed, since that was the legal equivalent of marriage (vv. 23-24).
Deuteronomy’s concern for fairness is evident if the couple is
discovered in the country, for then this must be considered a case of
rape by force in virtue of the circumstances (vv. 25-27). If the raped
woman is not married or betrothed (vv. 28-29), the matter is less
serious, a clear indication that rape was viewed as a crime against the
victim’s husband. In this case it is a crime against her father, and he
is compensated for the loss of her bride price (cf. Exod. 22:16-17). She
is, however, protected by the law from a life of shame and the
destruction of her prospects for marriage (cf. 2 Sam. 13:13, 16, 19) by
marriage to her attacker without any future threat of divorce.
The series concludes with an apodictic prohibition designed to protect
the integrity of the extended family in a polygamous context (Deut.
22:30; cf. 27:20). Sexual relations with a stepmother did not occur only
as a mere clandestine affair (as Gen. 35:22); it could also result from
a son’s inheriting his father’s wives and concubines (1 Kings 2:22).

Sex was not considered to be a matter of private moral decision in
Israel; it was something of community concern.

EvilBible.com wrote:

Laws of Rape (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)

"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."

Once again you must be educated:

Sex was not considered to be a matter of private moral
decision in Israel; it was something of community
concern.