Please, before you bulk all your hatred to me. Just think about it. Women taken as slaves. Most of the people mentioned have lovers and it seems OK. Could it be that this book was written by someone who just didn't like women ? What do you think ?
2007-03-22 06:51:47 · 10 answers · asked by ɹɐzɔ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you were to look for instances of unfair treatment of women in the bible from Moses to Paul, I assure you there will be NO SHORTAGE.
BUT as a person who believes in what Christ said, and that it is ONLY his directives that matter, all these things are irrelavant.
Christ said, 'Love your neighbour as yourself". So if you yourself do not want to be treated like a sex object, subservient nobody, property, lesser vessel, etc. Then do not treat women that way. Pure and simple.
2007-03-22 06:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by jessicabjoseph 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the time women weren't thought of the same as men. I wouldn't say that the writers didn't like women any more than they didn't like cattle. They just didn't conceive of the idea that women could be the equal of men. It's not just Genesis. Even the NT has women being told to be silent in churches and not to attempt to teach.
2007-03-22 06:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it strange the same people who say the Bible is a moral guide are also the ones here saying treating woman as property was ok back then?
2007-03-22 07:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were. I don't think they actively hated women, just like I don't believe most racists actively hate other races. They grew up during a period in which women didn't have equal rights. Women in the Middle East are still living in that period. (If the American taliban gets its way, they'll turn this country into another religious anti-science backwards nation.)
2007-03-22 06:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible was written in very patriarchal times. Women's rights are a recent phenomenon. Unfortunately, much of the chauvinism today is probably a holdover from those times propagated by religions rooted in those times.
2007-03-22 06:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the way most cultures treated women back them, the bible is a reflection of that
Why women acceot that garbage is beyond me
2007-03-22 06:55:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they actually hated women. But, they certainly treated them as inferiors.
2007-03-22 07:06:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anthony Stark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. What they are is accurate reflections of their time.
If you consider the bible as timeless, *THEN* they are misogynists.
2007-03-22 06:54:42 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
clearly that's the case.
don't mistake someone else's ancient bigotry for word from any god worth bothering with.
2007-03-22 06:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
u dont want to know what i think ...
2007-03-22 06:54:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋