Catholics, is our God a misogynist?

Question

After God created Adam He put him into a deep sleep. Upon waking Adam found Eve, his dream come true. From the beginning God created woman as man's helpmate, the mother of his children, of his own body, but different.

There is a woman who is not God but of His own body, His mother Mary. She chose to be perfect and became the perfect channel of love into the world. The Bible recounts many of her perfect choices. Of them are her choices to be God's handmaiden and the mother of His child, of His own body but different.

Christian women can choose to be perfect channels of God's love. We may choose to be his handmaidens serving His Body the Church. We may choose to have His children, children of our own bodies baptized into His Body. We may continue to choose to be a member of His Body by practicing our Faith. Through this Faith we can be the perfect conduits of His love into the world.

Doing all of this are we put down? No, we are God's dream!

Yours in Christ, Grace

Answer 1

Only if you can tell me who the Virgin Mary's daddy was.

Be careful because there is the whole immaculate conception thing here.

Answer 2

In answer to your question, no, God (if such a deity exists) is not a misogynist. However, his "spiritual leaders" are. They have struggled on valiantly blaming the woes of the world on women since Eve found that tree.

That said, go preach somewhere else sister. This is a question and answer forum. You ask, someone else answers. Putting up a question that looks real, then spending all your characters preaching and lecturing is the worst kind of false advertising.

Answer 3

Let's take this one piece at a time. Shall we? <> If you do not understand it, you should not attempt to criticize it. Hearing the Gospel is good. Reading it is better. But an even better thing is to PRAY the Gospel. When a Christian prays the Rosary, they are praying the Gospels. There are 20 "mysteries", that highlight events in the Gospel that surround Jesus' ministry. As one prays their way through the decades of the Rosary, one is also meditating on the meaning of whichever mystery they happens to be contemplating. Also, you should know that praying the Rosary is not mandatory for Catholics. However, anyone who truly understands what the Rosary is WILL want to pray the Rosary/Gospels. In addition, it's well to know that they make "Protestant" Rosaries. After all, non-Catholic Christians, as fond of the Bible as they are, shouldn't object to praying the Gospels either. Right? <> For your consideration: Matt. 6:7 - Jesus teaches, "do not heap up empty phrases" in prayer. Protestants use this verse to criticize various Catholic forms of prayer which repeat phrases, such as litanies and the Rosary. But Jesus' focus in this instruction is on the "vain," and not on the "repetition." Matt. 26:44 - for example, Jesus prayed a third time in the garden of Gethsemane, saying the exact same words again. It is not the repetition that is the issue. It's the vanity. God looks into our heart, not solely at our words. Luke 18:13 - the tax collector kept beating his breast and praying "God be merciful to me, a sinner." This repetitive prayer was pleasing to God because it was offered with a sincere and repentant heart. Acts 10:2,4 - Cornelius prayed constantly to the Lord and his prayers ascended as a memorial before God. Rom. 1:9 - Paul says that he always mentions the Romans in his prayers without ceasing. Rom. 12:12 - Paul commands us to be constant in prayer. God looks at what is in our heart, not necessarily how we choose our words. 1 Thess. 5:17 - Paul commands us to pray constantly. Good repetition is different than vain repetition. Rev. 4:8 - the angels pray day and night without cessation the same words "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty." This is repetitious prayer that is pleasing to God. Psalm 136 - in this Psalm, the phrase "For His steadfast love endures forever" is more repetitious than any Catholic prayer, and it is God's divine Word. Dan. 3:35-66 - the phrase "Bless the Lord" is similarly offered repeatedly, and mirrors Catholic litanies.

Answer 4

Numbers 31 where Moses, angered at the mercy his victorious forces show in taking women and children captive, instructs them to kill all save virgin girls:

Another story from Judges 19 in which a lesser character, an old man, offers his maiden daughter out to an angry mob of "wicked men" to be raped and humiliated to save his male guest from being raped by the "wicked men".

Answer 5

i think Paul was the inspiration behind the most virile misogyny found in Christianity generally, Catholicism specifically...
and bearing children for "god" and being servile to god (and in turn your husband) is a misogynist position

Answer 6

Henry Ford said something similar - "We may choose" to have the Model T in any colour you like, as long as it's black.

Answer 7

Pretty obvious, don't you think?