Taking this passage into consideration what should happen to a rapist?

Question

17 " 'If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death. 18 Anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution—life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. 22 You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.' "

Answer 1

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he did the crime he does the time, plus he should know who it feels to rape somebody and maybe the would never do it again, i would know this b/c i was almost raped.

Answer 2

In my opinion if you read the passage literally it means that a rapist should be raped as he/she did to their neighbor. However since there is a clear seperation of church and state in the laws of our country that will not happen.

Answer 3

AND JESUS SAID TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK. "LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU"
MAYBE IF WE ALL DID THIS, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY RAPIST ANYMORE!

Answer 4

Funny thing is that at the time of the bibles writting rape would not of been a crime as women had no rights, they were mere chattels, and rape was a culturally accepted event - sex crimes 9apart from sodomy) are never mentioned because the backward civilisation did not see it as a crime.

So if you raped the rapist you would be sodomising him and creating an even greater crime than the original offence.

Answer 5

As you knew before you even asked, the passage alone means the same should be done unto him. However, you cannot take a segment of what someone says, or a book says in this case, and try to make sense based on that segment alone. The bible, if read in its entirety, would go on to introduce Jesus in the New Testament. You were referring to time before Jesus, before forgiveness and redemption and before someone else paid the price for our sins.

Answer 6

If you are going to take the bible literally, then read what it says about rape. The person gets stoned to death..

Answer 7

If you read Matt 6:38 is says You have HEARD that is was said "An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Also in in Matt 6: 43-45
43 "You have HEARD that it was said,"You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." 44 But I say to you love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sunrise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Then if you read in Romans6:23 The wages of sin is death. but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

Source(s):

The BIBLE!

Answer 8

The rapist's sin should be forgiven and he should be punished for his crime.

Answer 9

marianne is right on the nose here.

and by "stoned" it means to kill someone by pelting them with rocks until death.
no drug reference.

Answer 10

MMM ...This is pretty serious ... Supposing there's conception and the righteous woman refuses to terminate the pregnancy then ...
"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord: even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 23:2)." No breaks there. Well, can someone blame the kid for being angry? ... but wait!
"And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death (Exodus 21:17)."
And this is just the kid's punishment!

Answer 11

Yes and also if somebody works on the Sabbath they should also be put to death.

Answer 12

God has always been clear that a country's government was to be firm in its criminal law. You see this throughout the Old Testament and in the New as well. When governments failed to carry out sound laws, God judged that nation. "For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong." (Romans 13:3) How can a criminal have terror when the country's legal system has 'no teeth'?

I remember about 10 to 20 years ago a judge in Florida gave rapists the option of serving time or being castrated and released to a rehabilitation program. I don't think many of the men opted for the castration, but I thought that the judge showed a great deal of insight and creativity in sentencing.

If justice does not come via the legal system and you yourself are innocent of wrongdoing, you can take your case before God who hears the cry of the innocent. You may have to be patient to see God's hand of justice, but I have seen His hand bring it time and time again. God is a God of love and mercy and He works to that option first, but He is also a God of Justice and a Shelter to those who are mistreated. To go past His line of mercy and find yourself in the place of His fierce anger is not a place you want to be.

A parallel question might involve "but what about forgiveness?' God has not called us to forgive the unrepentant offender, only the truly repentant one. When confronted with an unrepentant offender we are advised to go the extra mile, to turn also the other cheek to be striked, and to give in extra measure when wrongfully sued. The purpose? to shame the wrongful offender and to behave with honor before others. We are given advice that helps to prevent us from wallowing in self pity when injustice happens to us and instead to rise above it with dignity. How would this apply in a case of rape. Obviously you do not allow another rape. But, prayer and fasting for his soul, seeking his rehabilitation through prison ministry organizations, and concern for his family that will be hurt through his absence while incarcerated are equivalent. Forgiveness is not opening yourself up to more harm from unrepentant offenders, but expressing a mature dignity that amplifies their shame.

Answer 13

You have to understand the context for this law. Back in those days, if someone caused you to lose a finger, they would cut off the other person's arm. If they lost an eye, they would come back and take your head off. God was putting on a governor on a runaway engine. The equivelent today would be tort reform so that if someone was suing for, say $1,000 damage, he could not add on to it $10,000 pain and suffering. It is the same idea.

marianne is correct, If you were to look at Deuteronomy 22:25, you will find that the penalty for rape was death. So you see how the law was not cut and dry eye-for-an-eye.

Answer 14

castration

Answer 15

This is a difficult question for me as I believe that rapists feel a compulsion to rape - read 'compulsion' as an overwhelming urge, similar to the urge to cough when you have that tickle in your throat. You can stifle it for just so long and finally you have to give in to the urge. This is why most serial rapists would admit that if they were free they would do it again. The only sort of answer which seems reasonable to me would be to make them wear a device so that one of their arms would be inextricably fastened to their backs. Castration does not work. Death, I feel is too severe for the crime.