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Bluethread -> RE: Why does God want a rapist to marry his victim? (4/16/2008 4:33:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Anasazi_Avatar
Hi there,
I do believe that the man is the head of the house. But it is a weighty responsibility, and he must learn that sometimes he must let the woman lead. My wife and I live our lives along these lines.
However the law quoted is from the doctrines of the OT as given to the Israelites. These doctrines and laws were fulfilled in Christ and ended on the cross at Golgotha. I believe that if a woman is raped, whether a virgin or not, makes no difference, she does not have to marry the guy. This also works in the reverse. The rapist should be held accountable for what was done. This is referred to by the payment to the girls' father. If a woman is raped and conceives, then she has a choice to make. That of whether to keep the baby or to terminate the pregnancy. Can anyone blame her if she terminates the pregnancy? I for one can not nor would not expect her to keep the baby. If she does, then I pray ALL Gods' blessings on her, for she is very courageous.
Maranatha
There is a place to discuss whether the Tanach(old testiment) applies to day or not, so I will not get into that here. That said, on what do you base your opinions?
I must beg your indulgence here, since it appears we are not clear on the nature of Adonai's community. Please, bear with me.
Presuming that Adonai does expect us to live a Torah lifestyle, what is the point of this mitzvah(good deed). As in posts past, it appears we are taking the negative approach to Adonai's mitzvot. In the community of Adonai, women are held in high regard. As such they are to be protected. A woman is under her father's protection until she marries.
There are blessings that are bestowed on anyone(male or female) who stays a virgin until marrage. Likewise there are curses that follow from not doing so.
Ha Torah does not require a woman(or man) to be a virgin in order to marry, unless she is marrying a Levite. A Levite is required to be a virgin when he first marries unless he is willing to forfeit his right to serve.
Though we like to see romance as important in marrage, I believe, a more important role of marrage is to hold us responsible for our actions. Whenever one has relations there is the risk of disease and pregnancy. Therefore, we have marrage to make sure that parties involved take responsibility for these eventualities Given this social order, what do we do when someone is raped.
The rapist must be held responsible for his actions. He must pay the father so that he can be compensated for the lose of his daughter. He is to marry her without the option of divorce so that he will have to provide for her and any children that might result. This protects her, the children and society, but he is without protection regardless of what happens. She can abuse and neglect him for the rest of his life.
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