Before I reply directly to your message, I need to get sidetracked a little in order to better convey my point.
Having been raised by a holocaust denier, I have had the pleasure of meeting some holocaust deniers in my life time. The most common misconception people have about holocaust deniers is that deniers deny outright that the holocaust ever happened, and that they are unpleasant people. Contrary to that belief, all holocaust deniers I have met are quite pleasant people. In fact, they could be the kindest people you've ever met.
The most common themes I've observed coming from holocaust deniers are that (1) they don't believe it was to the extent that conventional history teaches us, (2) they think what was done to the Jews were for the greater good of Europe, and (3) it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.
When I read your post, I couldn't help but notice that you used all 3 of these themes to justify genocide and rape.
dennis writes:
The people that were killed were not saved, and did not pay for their sins, and under the covenant with Abram (or Abraham), God delivered the land to his decendants.
What a horrible way to defend genocide. Shame on you for even trying to defend genocide.
Are you telling me that even those 2 year olds deserved to die because they were also sinful? What about those 2 months old? How about the unborn?
You've defended genocide by (1) dumbing down on the severity of the situation, (2) claiming that those people deserved to be exterminated, and (3) made it sound so lightly with your words.
Again, shame on you for even trying to justify murdering 1 year olds and pregnant women. Since I'm a pro-lifer, I believe that those unborn babes were also innocent people who were murdered who deserved much better than people like you who would pass off genocide so lightly.
YOU MAKE ME SICK.
So I suppose to answer your question, the virgins were kept not to be raped, but to become members of Gods people (though the Bible does not say whether they were raped or not, this action would be contradictory to the teachings of Jesus, and the Ten Commmandments, that say to love your neighbor as yourself). The story of Jacobs daughter being raped also implies, that since Jacob and his sons were angry about the rape, it was not socially acceptable to rape, especially within Gods tribes.
Again, you (1) dumbed down on the severity of what was done to those virgins, (2) gave some sorry-ass excuse for rape, and (3) pass it off so lightly as if it wasn't that big of a deal.
Try to imagine this. Suppose you have a wife, 2 sons, and 2 daughters. One of your daughter is married and pregnant. My god tells me to go to your home to kill you, your wife, your 2 sons, and your pregnant daughter. But I'm allowed to keep your 13 year old virgin daughter so that I could "marry" her and incorporate her into my tribe.
Again, shame on you for trying to justify rape.
YOU MAKE ME SICK.
Please stay away from my wife. And if we ever have children, please stay away from them as well.
Why am I not making more of an argument? Because someone like you who sees nothing wrong with genocide and rape is a waste of time. Your sense of moral is all screwed up. There isn't much I can say that will make you see that genocide and rape are wrong. I can only hope that you will never have the opportunity to act out your sociopathic nature.
Edited by Taz, : No reason given.
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