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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
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
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You should have read the verses before the ones you quoted:
25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:
27 For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.
The difference between verses 25-27 and verses 28-29 is location; location; location. Also, in the first instance she was alone and no one could hear her cry out.
In the verses you quoted she was probably in the camp and was a willing party to the fornication. She didn't cry out and she would most likely have had to sneak off with him to his tent or dwelling. In cities there would be one room houses that shared walls with the houses on either side. These homes were usually occupied by near relatives. I'm not sure why your translation calls it rape unless they think it is implied. The King James version simply says he lay with her. The KJV is a literal translation; Is yours?
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
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.).
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I know some Christians do pick and choose concerning the law. But, in this case the problem seems to be your understanding. Christians are not under the law but, the law does teach us a lot about the God we serve.