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.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT
Modern day Christianity would be abhorred by such a practice and yet many Christians still pick and choose passages and laws from the OT at whim to whatever suits them and then use apologetics to explain away why their modern day cultural biases allow them to pick and choose what religious tenets they follow or not (homosexuals should be put to death as per Leviticus, etc.).
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 03-16-2012 at 09:15 AM.
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