Does the Bible promote male supremacy?

Question

Is Jesus really black?

Answer 1

The word of God is not pro-male. the people writing the bible and translating it were definitely .

Answer 2

God does not promote male supremacy! He has put man at the head of the household but not superior. I believe that He made us different for a reason. Can you really picture a man pregnant, let alone delivering a baby??? How about nursing?? In that same thought I would not want to go out and do hard labor like the heavy stuff. I know my limitations.God made us different to do different things in life!
Oh and by the way Jesus was Jewish so His skin, if it matters, was brown.

Answer 3

No. the bible does not promote male supremacy. What is promoted is the idea that the man is the head of the family. But the woman is his equal partner in love. In any community of people there has to be a leader. The man is the head of the household. But he is not to lord it over the others, but to lead in love. Love is not supremacy.
Jesus was a male because the male is the image of the Father. Fatherhood implies caring, love and firmness. Jesus was a man in the full sense of the word. But this doesn't put women down in the least.
Jesus' skin was probably not the white skin we see on Jews, lets say in New York City. (I grew up there). Being of Middle Eastern region he was probably a bit darker than we would think. Was he African black, I don't think so. But it wouldn't matter anyway. Skin color was so unimportant to Jesus that he never mentioned it.

Answer 4

Yes, in some cases it can seem like it, especially due to the fact that the Bible has been condensed and parts of its meaning have been lost in translation. However, there is a lot of support and dedication to Mary for being Jesus's mother, so that is one factor goes against what you think the Bible is conveying. Also, Jesus wasn't black, he was born and the child of a person from the Fertile Crescent (present day the Middle East). So his skin is darker but not black. Obviously, paintings of Jesus as white were done to convey the understanding that Jesus was pure, despite the fact that they are blatantly wrong.

Answer 5

The book Luke, as it stands today, makes him out to be a horrible male chauvinist.
The only real description of Jesus in the Bible is that there was no comeliness about him. (he was unattractive). However, there are no editions of the Bible that are flawless. Look into the history. Books were thrown out. Pieces of it were put together from different parts of the book like a puzzle. Books were hidden when Christians were persecuted and killed. (Read the Gnostic Codices).
Before the Bible was let loose to the common people, many people edited it for content. Also it was written two centuries after Christ was crucified. It's a long story of humans thinking they know better than God. Typical.

Blessed Be

Answer 6

While reading the Bible one can really get an idea that it promotes male supremacy. The male have always dominated in all the spheres of life , isn't that true? But Jesus was not black and he was Jewish.

Answer 7

it only seems like the bible (at least the old testament, i have no experience with the new testament) promotes male superiority. in my mind this is due to the current, popular misconception that if something is different, it can't possibly be as good. the other side of the equation is that people don't always look beyond the superficial. men and women are meant to be different, but that DOES NOT mean that one is superior to the other-it just means that they have different tasks to fulfill in order to achieve the same goal. it's not that women are barred from certain tasks because the men are trying to keep women down; on the contrary, the women's commandments and proscriptions exist for the sole purpose of protecting women!! the view of bibilical male supremacy is perpetuated by distorted views of masuclinism and feminism.

Answer 8

Jesus was Jewish. You want to know what "color" he was just take a look at modern day Jeruselam. Much hasn't changed as far as the people go I mean.

And as far as male supremacy goes, I know at weddings it says the wife is to obey her husband but it also says a man should treat his wife the same way he would a temple. I'm not to good with remembering scripture and all, but it's something of that nature.

Answer 9

Number two first.
Jesus would, most likely, have been the standard middle eastern skin color, not caucasian, not *****, not american indian, not chinese, but the Arab/Isreali skintone

Male Supremancy?
NO. It does, however, teach through doctrine and example ot male authority and leadership, and that women are to be subject ot both.
It all stems from creation and the fall
God created man.
God created woman as a Help for the man
God said that woman is under man (after the first sin)

The trouble is that in 2007, people think that God should change to fit our desires. He should not and WILL NOT. It is we who need to modify ourselves o fit what HE has commanded.

Answer 10

To some degree, but there are 'greats' which are women
and from Cain on down, a woman must be present before
a man can be born...however, a Man was born without
the presence of a man.....just the Woman and the Spirit
of God.....

Jesus is saviour of all people...color is not a factor, so
what difference would that make...however, since his
mother was of Jewish blood, he would at least be part
Jewish...Since His Father is God Almighty....Jesus
is Glorious "King of Kings and Lord of Lords"!

Answer 11

When Jesus walked this earth, he walked as a Palastinian Jew.

Is the glass half full or half empty?

Everything you observe is a product of your experiences. Have you ever said "hello" to someone and they bark at you for some "tone" that they imagined was in that "hello?"

If you feel oppressed, you're going to see oppression. If you feel joy, you're going to see joy.

Many folks have said the bible is oppressive. For me, it's a love letter. I read scripture and I see how much my Lord adores ME! As if I were the only person to ever walk this earth.