"She told me everyone can know everything Destiny knows. And more than that. She said we all not only COULD know everything, we DO. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable."
"She is. Um. Right. Kind of. Not knowing is all that makes it okay, sometimes."
"She is. Um. Right. Kind of. Not knowing is all that makes it okay, sometimes."
"Our existence deforms the universe. THAT'S responsibility."
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This isn't nearly as uncommon ("odd," as you put it) as you might think. It was and still is practiced all over the world, even in otherwise modern cultures. I don't have much more to say about that; I just wanted to correct your use of descriptor.MysticSlayer said:No, it never condones rape. It does give an odd punishment for it in Deuteronomy, in which a rapist is forced to pay the bride price for her and take her as his wife. After that, the details are debatable, but passages in 2 Samuel seem to indicate that the "marriage" was only a custom that legally bound the rapist to financially support the woman for the rest of her life. Technically, she could leave him and do whatever she wanted, and he would still be forced to financially support her.Wraith said:Doesn't the Bible condone rape in certain passages?