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12-04-2006, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SithLord  God was made up back when men looked at women more as property and totally not worthy of any leadership position. In fact women were inferior. |
Ha ha ha stop making things up yourself mate ;)
Paul said -"I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea..she has been a great help to many people, including me..
Greet Priscilla , my fellow worker in Christ Jesus.she risked her life for me.
Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you..
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa and Persis, those women who work hard in the Lord.Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
Greet Julia.." (Romans ch 16)
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"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28 ) | 
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12-06-2006, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ninikins What about goddesses? Many religiosn know very powerful goddesses, the church has a virgin who plays a relativly unimportant role. Why is this? | God is neither male or female, we just refer to him in a masculine tone because, there is no pronoun that would properly desrcibe him.
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12-06-2006, 07:59 PM
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I was thinking of the same thing. God is not man; only earthly creatures have male/female sexes. God is genderless in my opinion. | |
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12-10-2006, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SithLord God was made up back when men looked at women more as property and totally not worthy of any leadership position. In fact women were inferior.
The end. | LOL!!!!! (I think???) My understanding that even pre-christianity people had the imagination of god or goddess... (probably starting with goddess...) And women have NEVER been inferior 
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12-10-2006, 06:56 AM
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Jesus spent a terrible long night before his death,unable to sleep and racked with loneliness as his disciples fell asleep,
But next day on the cross, as he slipped into death his tired pain-filled eyes saw a host of loyal women who'd stuck with him to the end..
"Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last. There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Salome, who followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem" (Mark 15:37)
They gave him the last womanly comfort they could by making sure he never died alone..  | |
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01-07-2007, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Paula62 Depends on how you look at. I would venture to say that she generates more prayers to her than any other figure in Christianity besides Christ and God. I'd say she is pretty powerful. | Not within Protestantism for the most part. Definitely not in the Methodist church. Mary is hardly ever mentioned within most Wesleyan-based ministries. 
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01-19-2007, 03:36 PM
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Did Mary have a nice arse? I can't tell through the robes. If so I would say she is pretty powerful indeed!
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01-21-2007, 07:54 PM
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Okay, this is totally off-topic, but what's wrong with feminism? Feminism is about wanting equal rights for all people. Don't believe the stereotypes about feminism. Heck, I'm a guy and I'm a feminist. Feminism is awesome. ^_^ Quote:
Originally Posted by vlad I've always hated how the bible depicts women. There are several scriptures in Proverbs that warn the man against the "wayward" woman. Here is one example.
24 keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife. Proverbs 6:24
ugh! I'm not a feminist by any means, but come on. Now I'm not saying that there aren't women who "use" men, but more times than not, a woman has sex with a man to try to get him to like her, or maybe to make another man jealous...typically there is a deeper reason for this act than just for the sake of sex. Men on the other hand...they are just different than women, perhaps because of the way they've been raised from the beginning of time, but form my experience, i've met more men who will have sex just because it feels good than women. And then the Bible warns men against the evil woman!! What about us? Shouldn't we be warned about the evil man. But like you said, Christianity and the Old Testament were male dominated socities, so we can see why it was worded the way it was. But if this is the case, to me it seems like this verse could have been written as a form of control. Like, stay away from the evil women...if this is written to control men, perhaps the rest of scripture...all of scripture, could have been written to push people into conforming and accepting particular beliefs out of fear?? in other words it was written to control them. i often question this as well because back during these times not many people could read...so the few who could read and write were able to write whatever they wanted and tell it to the illiterate. I don't know...just some random thoughts...kind of all scattered together. | | |
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01-22-2007, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MartheGod Okay, this is totally off-topic, but what's wrong with feminism? Feminism is about wanting equal rights for all people. Don't believe the stereotypes about feminism. Heck, I'm a guy and I'm a feminist. Feminism is awesome. ^_^ | I married a male feminist. I appreciate the sensitive men who will stand up for women. To me, they're the strongest, most secure men I've ever met. 
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01-22-2007, 05:48 PM
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That's cool. Oh, and I love your avatar.  Quote:
Originally Posted by Professional Widow I married a male feminist. I appreciate the sensitive men who will stand up for women. To me, they're the strongest, most secure men I've ever met. | | |
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