Is it Rape or Not

I have spent years making the argument that the god(s) of the old testament condoned, and sometimes encouraged, genocide, incest, rape, etc. Haven't had much luck...But specifically, I have pointed this little passage out before. The following explanation is what I got from fundamentalists. The word rape is not specifically used here, so we can safely assume that it's not rape. They were probably forced to do dishes, wash dirty clothings, and cook to repent their sins in their former lives. In other words, these were acts of mercy by the conquering army.

And yet I continue to see this excuse come up everytime I point to this passage. I don't know... something about their virginity... actually, I never understood the whole men attracted to virgins thingy. Little boys annd pregnant women can't do dirty dishes, wash dirty clothes, AND cook. Like I said, the fundies' excuse is there is no word like rape or sex in the passage.Added by edit.Anyway, I'm gonna sit back and watch how the fundy inhabitants of this forum explain this passage.Edited by gasby, : No reason given.

Ok, so let me get this straight. It is fine, and sometimes even necessary, to kill little boys if their fathers have committed some horrific acts because the boys may or may not grow up to follow their fathers' footsteps?

I don't really have much else to say considering how many people are participating. However, I will say this much. I seriously question your intuition to tell right from wrong in a moral sense. I'd suggest you read some books and witness accounts on genocide and other unimaginable acts against specific groups of people in the 20th century. I'm not just talking about certain sections in history books. I'm talking about personal accounts of both the victims and the people committing the acts and how they felt justified to commit those acts.Other than that, I have nothing else to say. Have a nice life.

I'm curious about this part. By today's standard, would you say that it is not uncommon for an invading army to kill every man, woman, child, toddler, and baby? I guess what I'm trying to say is should the U.S. Army have killed every Iraqi man, woman, child, toddler, and baby when it invaded Iraq? I can understand that the men and women were committing sin and therefore must be punished. But what about the 2 year olds and the 1 year olds? Were the 2 year old toddlers raping the 1 year olds? I know this is a little off-topic, but aside from the virgins there were also the little boys that barely knew how to walk. I'm sorry for being dense, but I simply don't understand how it was merciful on god's part to have the killing of those little toddlers and babies. I can understand that the 5 year olds could commit sins, but what about the 2 year olds and the 1 year olds?

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Hello? Is anybody home? Those horrific acts (beside the iraq prison thing) were during the conflicts themselves. The people of Canaan were exterminated AFTER they lost the war. Perhaps we should commit acts of mercy by killing the today's orphans? There are millions of orphans around the world, and most aren't living comfortably. We should do them a favor and put them out of their misery?

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After one side has either surrendered or defeated. When Jericho's wall was breached and its people in chains, I'd say that's a pretty clear indication that at least the war with that particular city was over.

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