[James C. Bennett]

Lady seems to be hung-up on the issues of slaves and the relatively newfangled idea of “spousal rape.” Slaves weren’t an ideal situation (and biblical slaves might be prisoners of war but not arbitrary kidnapees), however the modern counter to the idea of slavery which is based in the “I own myself” philosophy is also unhelpful because that means becoming a spiritual island.

Just LOL.

Capturing a virgin woman from a neigbouring tribe and forcibly "marrying" her is nowhere close to "spousal rape". It is rape, period.

Put your sister or any other female relative in such a woman's shoes, and pontificate, fella.

[HiTech RedNeck]

First she brought the topics up together. Don’t pretend I mushed them together.

Second, you are assuming a viewpoint that Christianity taught! This is earlier in the slow, painful spiritual climb out of the fall of man at Eden.