What Does Christianity Really Say?

Question

“She is an inevitable evil, an eternal mischief, an attractive calamity, a domestic risk, a charming and decorated misfortune”
(John Chrysostom (354?-407)
“She opens the door to Satanic temptations: lead man to the forbidden tree, breaks the Law of God, and corrupts man”
(Tertullian d. 220)
"Woman is a temple built over a sewer, the gateway to the devil. Woman, you are the devil's doorway. You led astray one whom the devil would not dare attack directly. It was your fault that the Son of God had to die; you should always go in mourning and rags."
(Tertullain 160?-220?)
"Adam was deceived by Eve, not Eve by Adam... it is right that he whom that woman induced to sin should assume the role of guide lest he fall again through feminine instability."
Ambrose (339-97)
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Augustine (354-430) (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confess.txt)
We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent: we are set free by the foolishness of God. Moreover, just as the former was called wisdom, but was in reality the folly of those who despised God, so the latter is called foolishness, but is true wisdom in those who overcome the devil. We used our immortality so badly as to incur the penalty of death: Christ used His mortality so well as to restore us to life. The disease was brought in through a woman's corrupted soul: the remedy came through a woman's virgin body.
Augustine (354-430) (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/doctrine.txt)
"Woman is slow in understanding and her unstable and naive mind renders her by way of natural weakness to the necessity of a strong hand in her husband. Her 'use' is two fold; [carnal] sex and motherhood."
Pope Gregory I (540-604)
"[Woman] was made only to assist with procreation."
Thomas Aquinas (1225-74)
"Woman was made for only one reason, to serve and obey man."
John Knox (1513-72)
"Wife: Be content to be insignificant. What loss would it be to God or man had you never been born."
John Wesley (1703-91)
"A wife should submit herself to the leadership of her husband. Leadership in the church should always be male."
Southern Baptist Convention (2000)
SOURCE: http://atheism.about.com/b/a/152227.htm
Women have been persecuted by the Church throughout history; doesn’t this prove that Christianity dishonors women?

Answer 1

i get what you mean . it does seem like a chauvinist religion.

but you have to understand that just because people who may or may not be revered by the church were susceptible to the common injust beleifs of their time , the religion isnt wrong . these people are respected not for their false notions but for some great deeds they have done, serving the poor taking care of the sick and so on like mother theresa. No one is perfect, they too made mistakes and the chauvinist attitude in the past was considered normal. these days people need to think for themselves and correct the the wrong attitudes of the past.

i understand that because such people held such beliefs, people of today will be less likely to be progressive and be shackeled to the past injust beleifs. this is one serious drawback of a religion withscripture and philosophers of the remote past

each age has its own views that future ages will find faulty. we should learn not to base our beliefs on them.

take in only the good from each generation of the past

Answer 2

I do not have any of the materials you are reading from in my bible, so I find it difficult to answer truthfully. All I can say is that the bible was written thousands of years ago and by men who did not appreciate all that a woman can do. Therefore it is bound to be gender bent. That's okay. I follow the bible and I believe it's words. Also, I do not belong to any organized religion so I choose to let God direct me instead of just some mortal man.

Answer 3

Men Dishonor Women not christianity. All the quotes where from men not fron God. Man always make the laws, assumptions to suit him. When Adam and Eve sinned against God They Got their punishments equally. Before God everybody is equal.

Answer 4

Misogynistic religion...now just watch the Christians make excuses for it and try to pull the wool over their own and everyone else's eyes. It's a misogynistic and homophobic religion through and through...filthy spiritual poison.

Answer 5

yes it does and although modern times demand less severity, the rule holds true in most all religons the female holds a role of lesser importance.

Answer 6

One really must remember that those who wrote these things were influenced by the times around them. We are all products of our environments. Look at the larger picture please. Times and feelings have changed much.

Answer 7

wow thats some heavy stuff against women there
i didnt realise the extent of it

Answer 8

do what i tell you or you go to hell that is just what i expect from christians whos faverit word is ignorance and faverit trick is pascals wager that is what i expect from the brainwashed

Answer 9

It beez sayin youz gone burn in da hell, g

Answer 10

Gee, ya think?