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ladytimelordandgingerbreadhouses:
Seriously.
Let’s see … one is a book that endorses rape and violence against women.
The other is 50 Shades.
are you defending 50 shades?
And here we have people that have never read a bible
Ephesians 5:33 “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. “
Colossians 3:18-19 “Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.”
Ephesians 5:22-25 “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
That last one is a little iffy on the submitting part, but aside from that I’m see a whole lot of the lord telling men to respect their wives(and that last one implies being willing to give his life for her)
A lot of what it says about women is also contextual with the times. The church actually brought a lot more gender equality, but at the same time they had to deal with the fact that the repressed lives many women lived made them dependent, and unqualified for leadership positions.
There are so many freakin’ powerful women in the Bible too. If you think the Bible is against women then you’re not reading the right book. Ruth refused to abandon her mother-in-law and saved her family line. Rebekah’s cleverness helped Jacob win the better blessing from his father – she orchestrated everything. Freakin’ Rachel stole from her father’s house and got away with it (even though Jacob swore that whoever stole from Laban would be killed) because she freaking just sat on top of everything and was like “oh I’m on my period” so Laban didn’t make her get up and he never found the goods. Rahab’s (who wasn’t even a woman of God) kindness in allowing Joshua’s spies to escape (i.e. live) helped the Israelites conquer Jericho. And don’t even get me started on Esther. She saved all her people, basically reformed the government, and got away with straight-up breaking one of the king’s laws with no consequences.
And these are just a few examples. God could’ve chosen to just plant Jesus on earth without being physically born – but he brought his son into the world through a woman whom he deemed holy enough to have the honor. The Bible is full of fantastic ladies – the poor and the royal alike! Are there women who make mistakes? Sure. But there’s plenty of men too. One of the key themes the Bible puts forth is that all people, regardless of gender, class, nationality, whatever, have the capacity in them for both good and evil, success and failure, independence and submission. (Also submission is not inherently a bad thing, our culture just puts a negative spin on it.) So yeah, no, the accusations you hear about women in the Bible are completely false.
Oh thank god I was about to go DOWN on this post and then you guys did it for me. Bless.
Let’s just reel off a couple of names for people, just for fun. Bathsheba’s a fun one to bring up with anyone. Delilah, of Samson fame? Jezebel, literally called “the ruthless queen?” Judith? Miriam, the sister of Moses? For that matter, Tzipporah? And bringing in the Judges for a sec: Deborah anyone?
Also, let’s not forget the freaking BAMF that is Queen Esther. Ugh she’s great (and she’s got an entire book of the Bible all to herself).
The bible definitely never condones abuse…. Like ever. Jesus commands us to love, so we must love!
PREACH IT THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU YOU GO
Y’all forgot Jael (the chick who killed the evil king with a tent stake), Lydia (the extremely influential merchat woman), and those three sisters in Leviticus who were like, “bruh, we ain’t got no man round the house, so y’all gotta give us some land of our own.”
YAAASSSSSS!
Lesson #1 of talking about the bible: READ IT BEFORE YOU BASH IT
Deborah was badass. Prophet, counselor and WARRIOR. The only female judge mentioned in the Bible, she led a successful counterattack against the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and his military commander Sisera. OP before you judge maybe you should actually read j/s.
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