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InfoJunkie4Life
The bible isn't misogynistic because you can find instances of OT law or NT rules that seem to support misogyny, but rather you need to look at the whole of scripture regarding a subject before you can have an intelligible discussion about this.
Not SEEM to support misogyny, but DOES support misogyny. Your 50 examples were proof enough. The whole of scripture does nothing to undermine it's misogyny. Saying something positive about women does not eliminate the charge of misogyny elsewhere.
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Having rules that are in regard to one sex or another isn't misogyny.
Other than biology, rules are misogynistic when they are based on gender.
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A prejudice against women would be misogyny.
That's as good a definition as any.
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After looking at the whole of scripture, you would find ancient Israel one of the most enlightened countries in the history of the world.
Being less misogynistic than other countries (if that's what you're claiming) does not change the misogyny in the Bible. It's like saying Joe murdered two people so he's less of a murderer than Sam who murdered three people.
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Athos has many unanswered questions.
If a question is put to me, I may or may not answer it depending on the reason for the question. In your case, I don't know of any questions you have asked me. You've hardly ever been on this page.
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It must be easier to not think through your ideas than to have them critiqued.
Insulting others is not a good way for you to start here. I'm at a loss to understand why fundamentalists are so quick to hop on the nasty train when they are challenged. (I'm assuming you're a fundamentalist - correct me if I'm wrong).
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This is the conclusion Paul gives after explaining that women are under men and men under God.
This is an incredible way to present an argument that Paul (the Bible) is not misogynistic! You conclude that women are under men (per se misogyny) and then go on to prove it with head coverings as symbols, etc. I'm sorry, but the self-blindness of what you are saying is breathtaking.
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He asserts nothing except to "judge amongst yourselves" concerning these things, and "we have no such customs" regarding these things. They are neither the domain of sin or church rules, but rather that the purpose of such customs have a biblical and logical basis.
If this is you claiming that Paul is not misogynistic - a most ineffective claim - you still have those 50 Biblical examples to deal with.
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It was woman who was deceived. The man was with her, and heeded the voice of the woman and ate, he was however, not deceived by the serpent.
You left out that Adam was not deceived because he was not tempted by the serpent. Pretty big omission, isn't that?
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I guess your idea of good is how many people are nice to you.
Your idea of conversation is to insult the other person.
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If this is true (that Christ saw genesis as an allegory), then the doctrine of original sin is meaningless
Here's a little tidbit about original sin. As we all know, Augustine was the first to promote original sin. He said it came from the semen during sexual intercourse. He also believed unbaptized infants went to hell. There's more on that topic, but I'll leave it for you to ponder.
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Further, you are calling Christ a liar, his genealogy would have been known to him and he allowed the apostles to believe it was historically accurate and all to support an allegory.
No one is calling Christ a liar. But he did tell a lot of stories that were not literally true, and to make a moral point. Which genealogy did Christ "allow" his apostles to believe it's historical accuracy?
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I said "tend towards misogyny," thus illustrating my first point, that you have little understanding as to what the bible actually says about women.
Yet you still avoid the question "Are you wiser than God, than the scriptures, than the prophets of old?" How is it that you have some magical knowledge of the past and spirituality that was not imbued to the rest of mankind?
You continually place your wisdom over all evidences and all texts that confound you. "Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe." Proverbs 28:26
This whole section was directed toward me. Insult after insult, question after question never asked, telling me how confounded I am - note how these are all ad hominem statements - the refuge of the defeated. I'm only surprised you didn't threaten me with some Bible verses. The other guy usually does that.
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Your view of history is simplistic and confounded.
When in doubt, insult. Oh, the irony!
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In Israel women were allowed to own things
WOW! How liberal! Bunch of darn lefties.
No matter how you cut it, Israel was a patriarchial society. The Adam and Eve story is clearly the patriarchs unintentionally describing why women are secondary citizens. It was unintended but it's there anyway, being such a deeply rooted part of that society.
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We are talking about one simple rule, leadership in the church.
Does that include OT polygamy?
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Also things Christ lied about? He believed such things or he lied.
Noah, Babel, Jonah? No third Possibility? Like a story making a point?
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There is no biblical or historical truth to rejecting these things.
They are stories, myths, fables. No one is rejecting them Biblically, only as literal fact.
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But I guess you are now the arbiter of truth. You can look at a document and discern what did and didn't happen, through what means though? Do you have a crystal ball?
No comment. What's the use?
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I'm finished, all caught up.
No, you are not all caught up, and light years from bring finished. You have hardly begun.