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by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on November 3rd, 2009
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by Phillis - Zacks little sister on November 4th, 2009
God didn't say that. Man did. They're still saying it in the middle east. +5
by Melissa on November 3rd, 2009
If there is such a thing as "The Word Of God" (I'm still soul-searching) then I would think that it is not anti-female, but the interpretation of His Word would be, due to the fact that the books of the Bible were written during times when women were thought by society to be less important than men.
by TjoeBaxter is Hot Yo on November 3rd, 2009
Yo don't make me break out the Old Testament when God created Women:):) Wooooooo...Man:) It was your little pea brain that made you eat the apple!!!..Duh:):)
by pouncey on November 3rd, 2009
Did jesus say that women were people too and just as valuable as men? I get lost on that.
by N I C K on November 3rd, 2009
God is far from anti-female. Jesus associated with and loved women just as he loved men during his walk on earth. Believing that women hold a different role in the household does not make the word of God anti-female.
by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on November 4th, 2009
About the only way you could believe that about God is if you know nothing about the Bible and the culture and times in which it was written. If you have any problems understanding, look at the rest of the Middle East, where treatment of women hasn't changed much since the Bible was written and where the Bible hasn't had a mitigating effect. Read the story of Esther, where Esther was forcibly married by a foreign king and when she had to approach him to save her people, she did so on pain of death if he didn't want to talk to her. You can find examples all through the Bible of how men of other religions and cultures treated women.
Contrast that with Christ, who welcomed women when He taught. He gave Mary not only the same privileges as the men He taught, He gave her the best seat closest to Him. Paul commends many Christian women teachers, such as Phyllis and Apollonia. He also teaches that men should love their wives as their own bodies and as Christ loves the church. How did Christ love the church? Self-sacrificially unto death.
The problem is that too many people cherry-pick the Bible these days or read it like a novel without understanding the backstory. It isn't a novel. You have to know a great deal about the history of the area to be able to understand it at all. And if you read it without knowing the history, you are going to get some pretty skewed views of it.
The Bible is the story of God's interaction with mankind and specifically with one people and one family: the family of Jesus Christ. That family interacted with other cultures in the region, and so some of those culture's history is written into it. They were conquered by other kings, so often the king being discussed is not Jewish. Some of the Kings of Israel were Jews by birth, but did not worship God. Their behaviors were deplorable precisely because they were following Ashtoreth and Ba'al and sacrificing children to an idol. God destroyed Israel several times precisely because of those behaviors. He didn't even spare His own chosen people when they did those things. But the overall influence of the Judeo-Christian faith was to give women more and more rights, love and protection than they'd ever had, culminating in what we have now. Do you really think we gained the place we have now in a vacuum or through a political process?
by Galeanda on November 4th, 2009
I don't find it that at all. On the contrary I find great respect and dignity given to women, as there is given to men.
by catofky on November 4th, 2009
Take into consideration that the church and religion as we know it today has been controlled by a group of old men for centuries. Scripture has been rewritten numerous times to meet their needs. Women have not been involved, and have been belittled in the eyes of the church. That is not Gods way. That is the sole result of man interpreting Gods word for his own purposes.
by words o wisdom on November 4th, 2009
God made eve from adam's rib to be at his side and not at his feet.
by EvangelineOFire on November 4th, 2009
I asked the same question many times over the years, but these days my view is that since what we "know" about God is largely from books written by men, we can conclude that men put words/deeds/actions into God's mouth (and other parts). The word of God is therefore the word of men; men who wanted to control women and other men as well. I neither believe it nor accept it so I don't bother with it.
by Pumpkin Etoile on November 4th, 2009
I can't and I don't. Simple as that. Organized religion is anti anything but heterosexual men who have money & power.
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Yeah. And look at some of these examples. These are just three of many:
1. In the Bible's book of Deuteronomy it says that if a man marries a woman and then decides that he hates her, he can claim she wasn't a virgin when they married. At that point her father must prove she was a virgin. (How is not explained.) If he can't, then the girl is to be stoned to death at her father's doorstep.
2. If you see a pretty woman among your captives and would like her for a wife, then bring her home and "go in unto her." Later, if you decide you don't like her, you can simply "let her go." (Deuteronomy)
3. If a betrothed virgin is raped in the city and doesn't cry out loud enough, then "the men of the city shall stone her to death." (Deuteronomy)
by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on November 4th, 2009
They STILL live by those "doctrines" in the middle east! It boggles my everloving mind. Wanna know how they "officially" can tell if a woman is a virgin? They examine her hymen. If it "looks" broken, she's as good as dead. Any doctor will tell you that there is no way in HELL even a physician can tell if a woman is a virgin by how her hymen appears. Ridiculous! Women are still being murdered for no reason if their hymens don't pass inspection.
by Phillis - Zacks little sister on November 4th, 2009
Barbaric. I heard in some countries they will cut off a woman's clit too. Just to make sure she doesn't enjoy sex. Insane.
by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on November 4th, 2009
I watched a documentary online about that perhpas a month ago. They don't even use a topical anesthetic, even though it's available. They hold the little girls down as they scream in pain. I couldn't finish watching it :(
by Phillis - Zacks little sister on November 4th, 2009