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Out of context: Reply #2530
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- scarabin8
Here’s a fun tale about pressuring sexual abuse victims to cover it up:
“But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, ‘Come, lie with me, my sister.’ She answered him, ‘No, my brother, do not force me; for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do anything so vile!...But he would not listen to her; and being stronger than she was, he forced her and lay with her...Her brother Absalom said to her, ‘Has Amnon your brother been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother; do not take this to heart.’ So Tamar remained, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.” – 2 Samuel 13:11-12, 14, 20
- Amen.palimpsest
- later, absalom kills his brother amnon for raping his sister and flees.sarahfailin
- To be fair, it’s a story but it isn’t exactly god talking about rape being okay. Is it?monospaced
- @mono This is an OT pick-and-choose your gospel verse that is often used by conservative protestants. The rest of the story is never told.garbage
- But also used by the same sects that claim the word is holy and straight from God's mouth, and believe in divine translation.garbage
- I’m not entirely following. It just doesn’t seem like it’s teaching anything. Seems more like an account not anything related to god.monospaced
- I’m not defending the Bible or rape — I’m a total atheist — it just doesn’t seem like this is in support of anything. Just a shitty thing that happened.monospaced
- I'm an atheist that was being fully groomed to be a minister when I was in my early teens. The SBC really likes to harp on these verses in their youth programs.garbage
- When I was about 18, considering where I would go to seminary and teaching classes of 40 - 50 people of my age at my church this verse came up.garbage
- There had been an incident with a deacon with an underaged girl, and the ministers drilled this exact chapter in our heads.garbage
- It's a Get Out of Jail Free card for the SBC, where abuse is also rampant. My pastor sat me down, tried to convince me to work these lines into my sermons.garbage
- So I quit God cold turkey.garbage
- Reminds me of Matt Dillahuntymonospaced
- TL;DR?sted
- wow garbage, I got chills reading your story, holy shit man._niko