Comments on: How do Christian feminists reconcile feminism’s campaign to never be subservient to any man with their bible?

By: Politically Corrected PARROT

Politically Corrected PARROT — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:58:59 +0000

There is NO such thing as Christian Feminist. Just as there is NO Christian Communist. Both are antagonistic to each other.
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By: ehceezee

ehceezee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:59 +0000

How? They just do it. It requires no rational thought whatsoever. Why do they do it? Probably because Jesus is the ultimate alpha male.
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By: Discípula de Devendra Banhart

Discípula de Devendra Banhart — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:42:59 +0000

The same way non-feminist Christians reconcile morality with

human sacrifice (Genesis 22:1-18)
rape (Judges 21:10-24 NLT)
murder of dissidents (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)
and
slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

COMPARTMENTALIZATION.
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By: Alex Muntaz

Alex Muntaz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:16:59 +0000

I’ll make a wild guess here, but I would say that such ‘anti-feminist’ teachings of the book weren’t present on the original 10 commandments.

Or, they could just be like alot of people back then (yes, even in the 9th century), take what you find suits your life from the christian bible and only apply that. Even people back then find that alot of sections contradict with one another. Not to mention were edited by people who think they had the ‘authority’.
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Do believe in God, just a little heretical in thinking that no way in hell did God write the bible/create the churches/etc. and intended for all of it to be unquestionable authority.

My sources also include straight-up from archaeology in journals and textbooks, as well as first hand sources from the likes of Samuel Pepys. Think everyone followed the christian teachings word for word? Read up and find out.

Yup, there bring the thumbs-downs. *braces*

By: True Brit

True Brit — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:08:59 +0000

I don’t. For one thing, it doesn’t say you have to be subservient to any man. It says you have to be submissive to your husband.
I’d rather not marry, if I believed that that was a requirement for a wife. As it is, my husband doesn’t believe in it, either. He has never, ever told me to do something.
From another perspective – those are the words of Paul, not Jesus Christ. I am a Christian, not a follower of Paul.
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By: Darkking

Darkking — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:02:59 +0000

They do not
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By: Mr. Perfectionist

Mr. Perfectionist — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:53:59 +0000

I don’t know for certain whether the extreme feminists of today are Christian or not. If they are then they are against the bible. Modern day extreme feminism is anti-Christian but Christian women should not fall in this category:

For millennia, women (and men) have not understood the God-intended purpose for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton stated this about the Bible: “I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of women” (Eighty Years and More, 1898). I am sure many of today’s feminists would agree. But this comment reveals a total lack of understanding of a woman’s true purpose in life—of what true womanhood is and how to achieve it.

The Bible shows that God created women to be wives and mothers. “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:18). This one verse reveals that man by himself was not complete. God designed a woman to be his perfect counterpart.

But there is hope. Although the Bible shows us there are some very serious times just ahead, afterward there will be the best of times. Jesus Christ will return. He will restore the family. Women’s high calling as wife and mother will be reestablished. Fathers will be taught how to lovingly guide their families. Peace, success and abundance will break out worldwide. •
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By: Above Normal

Above Normal — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:32:59 +0000

They don’t. Many Christians use even their bible to justify their actions and beliefs. They use every verse of it to their own advantage; using one verse to another depending on what the situation requires for them to justify their decided beliefs. It doesn’t matter if they are contradicting themselves. The thing that matters to them is to feel right regardless if they are or not. A self-declared Christian woman said that their God is not against abortion because the bible never even mentioned abortion.
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