Rapists often come to sticky ends in biblical narratives.
— Peter J. Williams (@DrPJWilliams) December 8, 2018
Ammon rapes Tamar (2 Sam 13) and so gets murdered by his half-brother.
Shechem rapes Dinah (or does abduction marriage, Gen 34). Consequence: tricked into circumcision & killed while his offending body part is in pain.
Men of Gibeah rape the concubine (Judges 19:25) and their entire city is destroyed.
— Peter J. Williams (@DrPJWilliams) December 8, 2018
Lot foolishly offered his daughters for non-consensual sex (Genesis 19:8). No act is carried out, but he's repayed by non-consensual sex with them in Genesis 19:31-35.
Conclusion: even though biblical narratives usually do not directly comment on the morality of actions, they often emphasize poetic justice in ways that we miss.
— Peter J. Williams (@DrPJWilliams) December 8, 2018
So, for some reason, Chrome doesn't like showing twitter posts now. I think it was Hawk who posted something last week, and it was blank, but I thought it was part of a joke. Refreshing this page showed a flicker of imagery, so I opened it in Firefox.
ReplyDeleteYou can make a case that the real problem is using Chrome, I admit.
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