We continue, from part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4, considering a ubiquitously promulgated common misconception based pop-cultural talking point of a myth is that there has been an evolution of marriage so that one cannot claim that marriage between one man and one woman is traditional, normal, family value based, right, true, God given, etc.
The graphic’s next assertion reads:
Rapist + His Victim: Deuteronomy 22:28-29
– virgin who is raped must marry her rapist
– rapist must pay victim’s father 50 shekels of silver for property loss
Whoever wrote this may be surprised to learn that many celebrity Atheists claim that rape played a beneficial role in human evolution and that even today it is only arbitrarily immoral (see attached video and essay here).
In any case, there is a reason why the statement “Rapist + His Victim” is made followed by the citation, “Deuteronomy 22:28-29” followed by two assertions but with no quotation. This is because the Biblical punishment for rape is the death penalty for the rapist.
In short, Deuteronomy 22:28-29 does not refer to rape. This has been dealt with this in detail in the essay: Atheism, the Bible, Rape and EvilBible.com, part 4 of 6
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 pertains to different litigious, judicial scenarios and so ch. 22 envisages various scenarios from adultery and rape to un-married consensual sex. Verses 28-29 deal with consensual sex between two unmarried people:
If a man comes upon a maiden that is not betrothed, takes her and has relations with her, and their deed is discovered, the man who had relations with her shall pay the girl’s father fifty silver shekels and take her as his wife, because he has deflowered her. Moreover, he may not divorce her as long as he lives.
The Hebrew “taphas” refers to catching, handling, taking hold, grasping, etc. and “shakab” refers to lying down. He comes across her and they come together in consensual sexual relations, this is clear from the context of all of the scenarios within the chapter. In fact, verses 25-27 deal with an actual rape and so “taphas” is not used but rather, “chazaq” which is to force.
Verses 28-29 are basically about what we would call a shotgun wedding.
– virgin who is raped must marry her rapist
No, rather, the virgin who consensually gave up her virginity must marry the man with whom she chose to lose her virginity.
– rapist must pay victim’s father 50 shekels of silver for property loss
No, rather, the man who consensually took her virginity must make amends, marry her and is not allowed to divorce her. This was a protection for both the woman’s family who had now lost a valuable member and the woman who would now be cared for and not abandoned.
Next, we will consider “Man + Woman + Woman’s Property.”