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Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible
29 JUN 2015 AT 14:43 ET
Bible believers are beside themselves about the prospect that marriage norms and laws are changing, but let me tell you a secret about Bible believers that I know because I was one. Most dont actually read their Bibles.
If they did, they would know that the biblical model of sex and marriage has little to do with the one they so loudly defend. Sex in the Bible includes rape, incest, master-slave sexual relations, captive virgins, and more. Of course, just because a story is told in the Bible doesnt mean it is intended as a model for moral behavior. Does God forbid or command the behavior? Is it punished or rewarded? In the New Testament stories, does Jesus change the rules or leave them alone? By these criteria, the Bible not only describes many forms of sexual relationships (including sexually coercive relationships), it gives them the divine thumbs up.
Not One Man, One Woman
The God of the Bible explicitly endorses polygamy and sexual slavery and coerced marriage of young virgins along with monogamy. In fact, he endorses all three to the point of providing detailed regulations. Based on stories of sex and marriage that God rewards and appears to approve one might add incest to the mix of sexual contact that receives divine sanction.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/captive-virgins-polygamy-and-sex-slaves-what-marriage-would-look-like-if-we-actually-followed-the-bible/
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Captive virgins, polygamy & sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed Bible (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2015
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That is what gets me about their claim that the bible says marriage is between one man and one woman. No, it is not. It is FAR from it.
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)2. I have never heard or seen
anyone call them on their bullshit.
That is what gets me !!!
Jake Tapper touched on the subject ever so slightly when
he questioned the Trump's 3 marriages.
I am sure they have some Bible passages they can
twist and contort to fit their narratives.
LuvNewcastle
(16,867 posts)3. Sure wish I could afford
a concubine right about now. I need a male concubine, though. I was wondering if the Bible specifies that a man must own a female concubine, or if males are okay too. Maybe if I could put him in one of those genie outfits, no one will notice.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)5. Here, I found just the outfit for him:
MisterP
(23,730 posts)4. at least the Ron Paul wing is against this (but because, y'know, Yids)
napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. Betty Bowers explains ...