2006-10-26 00:17:42 · 19 answers · asked by Steph :-) 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was just wondering cause:
See this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At9SlTxcX.dF6umsqK8hsDXsy6IX?qid=20061026035245AAcmusO
Me: No, this could easily be the anti-christ, and I would rather burn in hell for eternaty than support a religion that disrespects and treats womens so badly.
Someone else:Chic obviously has not bothered to read the first few chapters of he bible. If Christians followed the teachings of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus, the atrocities of Christian sexism would turn women away from god for life!
It made me feel pretty sick!
2006-10-26 00:23:31 · update #1
Just something to think about...
Exodus 21:3-4 Says that if a male slave is given a wife by his master (regardless of how long they are wed, how much they love each other or if they have kids) he can not leave servanthood with his wife or children. The woman and children are merely property of the master and their personal happiness or sanctity of family doesn’t matter.
Exodus 21:7 God not only sanctions selling ones daughter into slavery, but he also gives out laws on how it should be done.
Exodus 21:10 God ordains men taking several wives and even sets up laws as to how multiple wives should be handled.
Leviticus 12:1-8 Explains that a woman has to be purified after giving birth because she is “unclean”. It goes on to say that birthing a male is cleaner then birthing a female, hence a mother must purify TWICE as long when having a daughter. This is BLATANT sexism from the point of birth. A woman is dirty simply for being a woman; this is obviously very biased and chauvinistic.
Leviticus 15:19-30 Explains that a woman having her menstruation must be avoided to the point of not even touching what she has touched. It is quite curious that women are punished for simply having a biological function that “God” claims to have created. What is so just about vilifying what you created?
Leviticus 18:19 Goes onto say that even LOOKING at a menstruating woman is wrong.
Leviticus 19:20 Says that if a man has sex with a slave or betrothed woman he must then “scourge” her. Scourging is a term for a severe flogging or whipping. I find it quite curious that the woman shall be punished to the point of a beating for such an occurrence, yet the man gets to go free for the deed.
Leviticus 21:9 Explains that unchaste daughters of priests must be burnt to death. What about his unchaste sons? Of course this isn’t even answered in the Torah, we are to assume yet again that men have the power to do as they wish and a woman must suffer the punishment for BOTH of them.
Leviticus 27:3-7 God places a dollar value on human life; with women worth less than men.
Numbers 1:2 Is the basis for the sexism that remains rampant today. In this verse Moses takes a poll of all the men who are able to fight in war, women aren’t even counted in the census. Apparently back then, just like today, us women are considered the weaker species and unable to battle. (Let’s not forget that during the time the Pentateuch was written women in Pagan cultures were FEARED and revered as the more powerful species. It is because of this patriarchal religion and it’s offshoots that we have been reduced to cowering sub-humans.)
Numbers 30:3-16 A woman can’t make a vow unless her husband allows it.
Numbers 31: 14-18 Moses tells his men to kill all the males, non-virginal women, elderly and children of the Midianite tribe. Of course, the virgin women are kept for raping. If you read later down in the scripture God states that the Jews can not even marry a Midianite woman (with exception to Moses). Hence these women who were captured were repeatedly raped and impregnated and they weren’t even allowed a marital status in which to protect them.
Deuteronomy 20:13-15 Kill all the men and boys in the cities that God “delivers into your hands,” but keep the women for raping.
Deuteronomy 21:11-14 If you see a pretty woman among the captives then just take her home and “go in unto her.”
Deuteronomy 22:5 Women that wear men’s clothing are an “abomination unto the Lord.”
Deuteronomy 22:13-22 Women, be sure to keep the tokens of your virginity. Otherwise the men of your city may stone you to death. This does not apply to men though, of course. What is interesting to note here is the actual wording, it says : “that if a man hateth his wife he may say she did not have the tokens of her virginity”. Since there is no way a woman can truly prove she had a hymen upon marriage the word rests on the husband and she can be disposed of simply when he tires of her.
Deuteronomy 22:23-24 is one of the most cruel and sexist passages of the Torah. It says that women who are raped and fail to “cry out loud” in a populated area are most likely enjoying the attack should be killed.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 A rapist must buy his victim from her father for 50 shekels. Is this supposed to be some type of retribution? What about the victim here, what if she doesn’t want to marry a pig who raped her? All that matters is her father receives payment for his “property”.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12 Says that we must cut off a woman’s hand if she touches the “secrets” of a man who is fighting with her husband…“And thine eye shall not pity her.” Once again, there is no punishment for the man she touched, only the woman.
2006-10-26 00:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Eureka! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God loves man and woman equally. The assumption that men are always used as examples is false and therefore a rethinking of the conclusion is necessary. Let's see, just off the top of my head there's Sarah, Rebekah, Deborah, Rahab, Esther, Ruth, "The Beloved" of the Song of Solomn, Mary, Mary Magdelene, Dorcas, Priscilla, etc.
However, one must also remember the cultures in which the Bible was written. In fact, in many of the cultures, the Bible's upholding of women would have been revolutionary (such as the story of Priscilla & Aquila where she is mentioned first and therefore was the main person to bring Apollos back to the straight & narrow). It's also imperative to recognize that a narrative does not constitute normative principles. Just because something happens in a story in the Bible does not mean that what happened in the story is an example of what we all should go out and do (if that was true, the Christian church would always pick her leaders by casting lots and we would expect our leaders to be philanderers and murderers like David). In many cases, the Bible is just recounting something that happened in history and it doesn't edit out the unsavory details. In lieu of that, can you really point to where the Bible indicates that God loves men more than women (differentiated from the idea that men & women may have different roles)? I've read the Bible from cover to cover several times and have yet to see where that's the case.
2006-10-26 00:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by KDdid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD Loves Everybody the Same.
Really Does.
GOD is Love.
GOD gave Adam the Authority to Rule and Reign over the Earth.
Then GOD put Adam to Sleep and Took out the Female and made Woman. Man with the Womb.
Woman= Womb Man
Adam was male and female starting out, didin't work out.
There are Male men and Female men.
Mankind-----the Race of Human Beings on the Earth, male and female.
Who do men have Breast?
The male part still has the Head of the Authority to Rule and is Usually Physically Stronger.
2006-10-26 00:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gave women the creative power that he has. To make them somewhat, but never equal, he gave man the prieshood power. to make them more humble. You can't use the prieshood on yourself. You can only use it serving other people. Each has a role in life. Not only is the woman the creator. She is also the care giver, teacher, etc etc. A very very important position in life. It wasn't meant to be, but most women control every relationship. The man is the head of the family. The woman is the neck. The neck controls the head and turns the head. I am a man. I make all the big decisions in my family. I decide if we are going to have another world war. I decide all those big decisions. My wife decides when I will get up, what i will wear, where we are going tonight, when will I go to bed and all those little things.
2006-10-26 00:24:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because if you believe in the Bible, at the time it was written, men were regarded more highly than women. For example, a woman whom commits adultery gets stoned to death, but a man wont. Equality between the sexes is a relatively new idea, women only got the vote about the 1918 in Britian.
2006-10-26 00:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by iwatchedthestarsfallsilently 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the New Testament, Jesus treated men and women equally. That pretty much says it all for me. And you can say what you want about the Bible being "anti-female," which more than anything means people aren't reading it closely, but men have a lot more standards to live up to than women do and more responsibility.
2016-03-28 08:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women and men are equal and re: stories of so many men, is all for the sake of control, maybe they saw women as a threat in those times, maybe Dan Brown had a good point with the DaVinci Code.
2006-10-26 00:25:09 · answer #7 · answered by *JC* 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they are created EQUAL in terms of THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. Man has given reponsibilty to provide maintenance for the wife, children, family, etc on the other hand women has got the other responsibilities in household things like, to cook take care of children etc.
In HOLY QURAN, GOD mentioned both man and woman specifically dependind upon their role and responsibilities. Also there is a whole chapter in the HOLY QURAN on WOMAN (chapter4).
2006-10-26 00:22:56 · answer #8 · answered by A2Z 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm Some examples Rachel Rahaab, Ruth, Esther, mary, Martha amongst more.
2006-10-26 02:08:13 · answer #9 · answered by david s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For God so loved the world.
No distinctions.
You may want to read the Bible again, you will see many examples of women.
Peace be with you.
2006-10-26 00:26:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋