tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122011366604192824.post7518791364195975366..comments2014-09-07T09:02:16.328-05:00Comments on This One Shall Be Called Woman: Genesis 38-42NulleFidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715257430971565382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122011366604192824.post-34505059626050675382010-05-05T13:00:58.591-05:002010-05-05T13:00:58.591-05:00A man would/should be offended reading the Bible? ...A man would/should be offended reading the Bible? Really? Abraham is the early prophet of the Torah. Noah saves the animals of the planet when God floods the Earth, basically in charge of starting the world anew when the flood waters dry up. Joseph and his dreams save all of Egypt during the seven year famine. David takes down Goliath, the biggest and best warrior of the day. Moses (with some help from God) saves his people from slavery and death at the hands of Egypt. Samson destroyed the Philistines even after having his power taken away, his eyes gouged out, and being chained to pillars. The Apostles are some of the most remembered people of the Bible, recreated on many stained glass windows. And then there's Jesus, the man to end all man because not only was he a man but he was also God. Oh, yeah, and God is a man too, being the all powerful FATHER and whatnot. And those are just the stories I can remember off the top of my head from my days in Bible Study as a youth. I know there are many many more.<br /><br />But how many women can I name from the Bible who were active AND weren't busy ruining the lives of men to get what they want? There's the virgin Mary... Mary Magdalene... not much else, at least not that I was ever taught a lot in my Sunday school classes.<br /><br />So yeah, I don't think there's a big issue with the men in the Bible. They are heroes, conquerors, saviors, and prophets. Yeah, there are men in the Bible that one shouldn't use as role models, who are used as lessons to those who would stray, like Judas or Lot. But the men get a nice fair shot at being good holy people in the Bible, where as women are pretty much regulated the position of mother, wife, whore or trickster FAR more often than not.<br /><br />I am not nit picking the Bible to grind some sort of feminist ax. The Bible has been used for centuries as the root of the reason why women should not have as many rights as men, why women are inferior to men, etc. etc. And it's easy to see how, what with the lack of real noble holy women in the Bible. Men read the Bible all the time and seem to have no real issue with the way they are portrayed in it. If they did, I don't think many men would follow it and cling to it as much as they do.NulleFidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715257430971565382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122011366604192824.post-71445893071397443852010-05-05T12:02:14.348-05:002010-05-05T12:02:14.348-05:00I understand your femenist view of the bible but h...I understand your femenist view of the bible but here's a thought. If a man was to read the bible and take it only as God's view about men I would think he would be rather offended. The male characters set forth in the bible are for the most part not the kind of men a man should or would want to be like. So maybe there is something deeper here than just who treats who like dirt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com