Feminism and Christianity
Is being a feminist really so bad? I mean, I do not believe that guys should be locked away and let out only for breeding purpouses, but I do believe that women have more rights than we're granted. I frequently hear how feminists are taking over our society, but the fact is I know many more sexist guys than feminist girls. What realy bothers me, though, is that as Christians, girls/women are treated as lesser beings than men. We are told that we cannot be leaders because leading is the guys job. This greatly offends me. I am a leader. I am strong. I have thoughts, oppinions and feelings which I believe to be just as valuable as a guys. We are told that women cannot hold a leadership position... at least not in a religious setting. We are also told that we are to respect men. To the first statment I'd like to say how sick and and insane that is. Take for example, Esther. She saved an entire race of people by standing up, defying social expectations and responding to the voice of God. In todays church (some much more than others) she would be labeled a radical feminist and be snubbed. Also, please look at Ruth. After her husband died she turned down the opportunity to re-marry and be the average socially acceptable woman to follow her mother-in-law and take care of her. When God placed another man in her life, she followed His (that is Gods) voice and "took charge" of the situation. Again, a very feminist thing to do.
On my second statment, women are told to respect men, I agree. The problem I have is that even though the Bible clearly states that men are also supposed to respect and honour women, that point is rarely, if ever, brought out. I find this horribly sexist. So, I belive myself a Christian feminist. I believe God has called me into a possition of leadership and no one has the right to tell me otherwise or persecute me for it.
posted by that girl @ 4:13 PM
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no offense, but i think the bible does say that women are not to have positions of authority over men.
1 Corinthians 14:33-35
As in all the churches of the saints, 34the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. 35If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
Ephesians 5:22-28
22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a] 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Interpret as you wish.
Husbands should obviously love their wives in a way that is honoring, as women deserve honor. But the feminist movement is about as anti-God, anti-Christian and anti-decency as it gets. I suggest you read more about this before you associate yourself with such an abominable group of people.
It has been my experience that people who defend the Bible in such a vehement manner, and then offer up a supposed lack of knowledge on the other person's part are themselves often ignorant of it's teachings. More to the point, they fail to see the inherent failures that are associated with human wisdom and teachings. Rather, they decide they are unworthy and simply lack understanding, instead of the logical conclusion; it's not divinely inspired.
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