Hillarysworld

Good article. Hate when people try to interpert religions as a way of benefitting themselves and disrespecting women.

Excellent article.  I know many Southern Baptist women and women of other denominations who subscribe to the more literal translations of the verses mentioned in the article, particularly the one about "submit yourselves to your husbands...."  Some so-called Christian counselors within large churches that offer marriage counseling, financial counseling and other "Bible based counseling" apply the literal translations, and encourage the wife to look to her husband as the decision maker, obeying his directives in all things. 

Many women have internalized the message that they are inferior to men to such a great degree that it never even occurs to them that this idea has been instilled in them.  It just seems the natural order of things, to them.

We have a lot of educating to do.

LOL, St. Paul was the worst about this, but he was mostly talking about some uneducated women that were interrupting the church services. Luke and Jesus Himself hung out with women all the time.

In Genisis, in one of the earliest chapters, it says God made us "both male and female". Jimmuh Carter is an egregrious example of someone who thinks Christianity is so anti-woman, then he turns around and panders to Islam.

Funny how much focus is always on what the bible says women should and should not do but, hardly any is paid to the sections as to men's responsibilities to women, children, families and the church. Let's scrutinize that instead for a while.