The Brandon Five
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Heck, the bible is filled with Jewish soldiers raping women from other tribes too!
Umm, you are deflecting. Back up the claim that all or most illegitimate births were due to rape in warfare.
This is endemic in the bible. You can try to narrow it down as much as you want, but the common thread is that INNOCENT children and women are constantly used as material to be punished for crimes done TO them by men in the bible. Hey, it's ok, they're only women and children!
Deutoronomy is FILLED with this evil:
Deuteronomy 21:10-14 KJV - When thou goest forth to war against - Bible Gateway
I guess that's rape in the sense that all arranged marriages were:
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
While I personally don't get the reasoning behind this one, it states that a man who rapes a virgin must pay her father 50 shekels and marry her and may not divorce her. While I am also appalled at the idea of a woman having to marry her rapist, I don't see that as rape by a Jewish soldier sanctioned by God.
Again, while I don't agree with it this is more forced marriage, which would not lead to illegitimate children.
Here's a beauty from 2 Samuel:
2 Samuel 12:11-14 - ?This is what the LORD says: ?Out - Bible Gateway
I'd have to read up on this, but I believe that is prophecy, not God's judgment. I could be wrong, but again I am not seeing the case for widespread illegitimacy as a result of warfare.
It is interesting to note that under the Romans illegitimacy was treated very differently. The Christians actually took away the right of inheritance for children born out of wedlock (because you know, that's what Jesus would do ).
.. this is just a small sampling - - it goes on and on.
There is a lot of stuff in the OT that I don't get, but I don't see how any of that applies to us. We aren't being called to conquer Canaan now.
Religion
is MAN MADE.
I believe in a Creator. A Creator that I am far too small to know and understand. I am in awe of any power that could have created such a vast universe. I don't go for the version drummed up religion manufacturers.
Fair enough. How can we know anything about the Creator?
For me it comes down to the question of who Jesus was.