"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Ect ect ect.
2007-03-24 05:43:24 · 37 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because it was written by men
2007-03-24 05:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The subject from Ex 20 : 21 to 23 : 33 is General Laws
Ex 22 : 18 -20 is God : Worship ( Witchcraft )
If you have a King James Companion Bible ......
You can read in your side notes : my answer
witch or spiritist. Medium to or from root to
mutter, as to some demon. Cp Lev 19: 26, 31.
20 : 27.
Duet. 18 9-14
This enactment shows the reality of intercourse with evil
spirits (angels) and demons.
2007-03-24 06:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahh the uniformed , it is my understanding that men belong to witch covens too. The bible says a lot of good about women. Please read the book of judges. One of the greatest judges ever appointed by God was "DEBRA" which translated means queen bee. The bible also tells of a woman revered by God was a woman that started a Christian university. It has a lot to say about women as leaders. But I understand these things are hard to locate in the big book. ON that basis I think it is actually a good and a fair question. In my humble opinion women are real go getter's. And as far as being the weaker s-x, just try coming between a woman and her children or loved one . It will be then that you'll know that you are in a fight to the finish, so don't get started. Happy hunting. luv y'all.
2007-03-24 06:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly enough - women in the OT had more rights before the advent of Paul's writtings. In the OT women could own land, divorce and have their own money. The witch thing doesn't necessarily point to females - it points to all those who practice those arts. Gender is a moot point. Jewish women were actually respected. And a crime against a Jewish woman was considered henious. People point out the verse where if a man takes away a woman's virginity and they are not married then he has to marry her - and think it's abusive towards women. Quite the contrary - he was forced to take care of her, good care of her, for as long as he was alive. Period. If he ditched her he was in for a bad time - probably a stoning.
In the advent of the NT - women lost all rights to own land, to have a voice - they were to be submissive and not to speak in church. Women lost more of their rights in the NT then most people realize. Paul saw them only redeemable through childbirth. Pretty awful when you think about it - no matter how some try to justify that verse.
2007-03-24 05:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by noncrazed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible isn't anti woman.
Thou shalt not suffer a sorcerer to live either. In the old testament. This is a law of sin & death. It is the covenant between the Lord God & Israel. To not have any other Gods before Him.
Under the new covenant in Christ, we are not under the law of sin & death, but under the perfect law of liberty. We are saved by Grace, His redeeming blood. The Law of Liberty is to Love God, love others, even love enemies.
God is not a respecter of faces. God saves all nations, male & female. All who receive Jesus Christ their Lord & Savior.
It is true in the translations, it will be written sons of God when in the Greek original it should have been translated as children of God (referring to people who are born of God). A few places. Get a Strongs Exhaustive and do a word search on it.
2007-03-24 06:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be perfectly fair, there are some good things. Look at Liz Curtis Higgs' "Bad Girrls of the Bible" series, which points out womens' roles in the Bible. It's a really interesting way to look at things.
That said, I think the Bible is mostly anti-woman, too, aside from a few glimmers of better things in it. I think it's basically because the cultures that gave rise to it were also anti-woman.
2007-03-24 05:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me? Are you calling all women witches?
A witch is anyone, male or female, who practices witchcraft.
You take one verse, twist the meaning, and call the entire bible anti-woman? When there are 2 entire books in the bible that show the example of the amazing power that women have? (Esther and Ruth)
Read the bible again!!! The bible isn't anti-woman or anti-man. The bible is anti-sin only.
2007-03-24 06:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the bible was written by men who were inspired by God. however, the bible reflects the times in which it was written. It reflects the common attitudes of the people that lived during the times that it was written. During those times, society was anti-woman. Jesus was not anti-woman. The first person to hear the news that Christ was coming was a woman, the first person Jesus admitted being the Messiah to was a woman, and the first people to find Jesus had risen from his tomb were women. Small details, but they say a lot. I do not believe that God is anti-woman.
2007-03-24 07:34:14 · answer #8 · answered by Alley C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term witch in this context can refer to either a male or a female practitioner of divination. So far as I can tell, the Bible is not anti-woman. As a woman, it would be hard for me to respect it if it were. Yes, you can find instances in the history it records where women were oppressed or disrespected. Just as they are now. But you will also find strong women leaders(Deborah), devoted female disciples(Mary Magdalene), and courageous everyday women struggling to find God or live in a Godly way: Rahab, Ruth, Hannah, Esther. The names I have given are only a few. Look them up.
2007-03-24 05:56:05 · answer #9 · answered by Amalthea 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The part about not allowing witches to live applied to males and females. I believe the words sorcerer and sorceress are mentioned in the same context.
The Bible is not anti-woman. We have to realize that God's arrangement is for the man to be in control of the family, and the woman is to follow his lead respectfully. The Bible does not advocate the domination of women by men, although it predicted and reported its occurrences. There is a difference between showing who is supposed to be in control and placing someone above someone else. Jesus himself showed that God's arrangement employs a certain hiearchy. God is the ruler of all things. Jesus answers to him, and he in turn heads the Christian congregation. The elders of the congregation answer to Jesus. Men/Fathers are the heads of their wives/households. That's just how God intended things to be.
This does not mean that the Bible places a greater importance on men than women.
2007-03-24 05:53:25 · answer #10 · answered by DwayneWayne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This would be an odd time to cite a Kevin Smith movie, but in his movie "Dogma" he addresses this very question. In the movie, they portray God as a WOMAN, but the writers added their prospective and made God a man. The Bible was almost entirely written by men in a very patriarchal society. Think about this: the Old Testament is the Jewish Bible, and Judaism is, to this day, a very patriarchal religion. Christianity, as an offshoot of Judaism, inherited many of these Jewish attitudes.
2007-03-24 05:50:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋