why do so many women-yes even christian women-reject their biblical role of submission??

Question

and we wonder why the family unit is falling apart in our society!!!

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Answer 1

Your seriously not a woman?
Just click that you want a MAN avitar!!!
Anyways, in the Bible it states how men are supposed to behave to their wives also, I think it's in one of pauls epistles.
So, yes women should be 'submissive' but husbands should be the way they should be.
It's a two way street.
And, life happens, so things happen, but women should be submissive, in a way that, they want to help their husbands, and take care of them, and just be *nice* to them.
If that is their objective, they will do just fine.
A Man should, desire to take care of his family, and wife, and do things, to take care of her, physicaly, mentaly, spiritualy, emotionaly, monetarily, ect. He should act out of his desire to protect and care for her.
Not to protect and care as if she was less than him, but as if she is this priceless gem, a wonderful thing he is lucky to have.

If husbands and wives, and men and women take THAT and behaive based on that, they will be just fine.

Answer 2

I am a Christian woman, and I do know my biblical role. It is not the commentary you have displayed. In fact, I do not believe you quoted a single passage of scripture in your statement. The only part that looked like it might be was the first line, "A young woman's charm is her capital. She must invest it wisely rather than squander it." I could not find it in any of 3 translations, but even if it is in the Bible, it does not support the rest of your argument by itself. There are some passages that appear troublesome, but proper biblical exegesis and study will show they are an attempt by the author to either a) give women a standing, if not equal, at least comparable to men or b) dealing with specific issues with a specific church that are not directly applicable to the church today and only indirectly so in that worship needs to have order and not be chaotic. Your interpretation also ignores biblical people such as Deborah and Esther and the preaching couple Pricilla & Aquilla all of whom had do not conform to the "standards" made by the passages your view is based on. It also ignores passages such as Gal. 3:28 and Acts 2:17-18. Therefore, I reject you biblical interpretation and substitute one that is in better harmony with the totality of scripture.

Answer 3

If people would stop taking things from the Bible out of context, there wouldn't be a problem. If you read on, husbands are supposed to show loving, Christian leadership over his family. He is supposed to provide and make proper decisions for his family and not be selfish and be a good, Christian role model for his children. Too many men these days still expect their wives to be submissive; however, they have forsaken their Biblical roles as husbands. Can't have your cake and eat it too!

Answer 4

Because many man behave, act irresponsibly, selfishly, unfaithfully and non-lovingly that the woman find no advantages reason to submit to him.

The problem is not only with the women but with THE MAN.

It is really near to be impossible for women not to submit to a man who protect her, provide for her, love her so much and make her the only life companion ( unless she is a fool and a selfish individual that doesn't know any better)

Those women who do not submit to their husband could not bring out the man in her husband and the best manly traits that God has bestowed upon him. It is a balancing act. If the women become dominant, the man becomes passive and loses his sexually power to conquer and spoil his women. The more she become Ying the more the husband become Yang.

One thing surely hap pend is that when my wife become submission I become more romantic and more loving toward her and have the motivation to give her the best sex and love I could because she deserve so.

Answer 5

You know, if my husband actually became the person of role that was stated in the christian bible, then maybe I wouldn't mind submitting. In our household he works, fixes things, and takes care of the yard work. My role in our household is not only mother, maid, and then wife, it is also bill payer, accountant, taxi driver, appointment secretary, IT tech, laundress, childcare giver, garbage detail, and anything else that needs to be done. Yes, I sort of miss the old days where the man took out the garbage, the man took care of the budget and bills, the man treated his wife with love. respect and tenderness and took some of the stress of the family details off her shoulders and could be a stay at home mom to be able to spend more time with my kids. But, now a days, men are more like children than they were before. I can't say anything about other peoples spouses and their relationships much but I have noticed that women today never dropped the role of housewife and mother but added full time bread winner as well and in most cases are now both mother and father more often than the man is father. It takes at least 2 incomes to run a home and family anymore and to have money to invest and save for your retirement yrs. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband, but I would love to see him be more of a take charge kind of husband than being just another person to have to take care of. Submission has nothing to do with being subservient but having respect for one another as equals and sharing the responsibilities and experiences of life.

Answer 6

well if we wanted remain barefoot and pregnant all the time and not have a voice a woman is mom a housekeeper and a taxi, accountant and sometimes holds down a job now lets get to the husband wage earner father discipline all around maintenance man now it seems to me i always had more to do than he did but my husband is great and he tried that all that crap on me and i told him there was the door and guess what we have been together a long time and you are right the family units are breaking down and it is a personal choice on how you live your life most men who have the personality of a submissive wouldn't even want you on this computer because it is evil so there you have it a different point of view

Answer 7

Submission in the marriage relationship doesn't mean being submissive. Those are two different things. It simply means respecting the man's authority as head of the household. It in no way means the woman allows herself to be bossed around or stepped on. That is how God made us. Women want to be loved, and men want to be respected. In that entire context, you can see how it would have negative effect on the family. God created that structure, and when it falls apart, society follows.

Answer 8

Christian women are advised to submit to their husbands as their SPIRITUAL leader and the SPIRITUAL head of the the family. It is too bad that so many men turn this god-given job over to their wives. He is to lead the family in prayer and family devotions, admonish the children in moral upbringing and stand as an example to the family, like TAKING them to church with him, not dropping them off at sundayschool and going home to drink beer, mow the lawn and watch football. He also is the main breadwinner, while the mother has the main job of the small children's physical care. In all other aspects a marriage is a partnership and is so in christian marriage and is perfectly in line with what the bible says.

Answer 9

i wouldn't call you submissive with these questions, i'd say a lot more marriage would break up if men acted like they they did in the bible.
as a women i have every right as a man, do you not forget it may take a sperm and a egg to make a baby but it was a women who carried that child, gave it every thing for her body, and gave birth to it and then fed it from her body, most men respect that without that they would not be here a women did that not a man, without that men wouldn't be here.
i very much doubt you would actually like being treat like women should be in the bible, you wouldn't be much better treated than a animal at least god don't advate them being raped

Answer 10

Define submission. Use examples to clarify. I am a Christian and I had an abusive husband and left with my two children. I don't regret the decision though I had been verbally slapped by many brothers and sisters that I should have stayed and be in submission to a man who was abusing me, my children and it was horrendous. Tell me what you mean by submission then I can see where you are coming from.

Answer 11

Perhaps it's because so many men-yes, even Christian men-reject their Biblical role of submission to God.

The family unit is falling apart in our society because men have abandoned their roles, and women have had to take up those roles , along with the roles that God intended for them to have.

It says NOTHING in the Bible about women submitting themselves to men, only to their husbands. I'm so tired of men like you trying to put me in my place. I will listen to you when you listen to the word of God.