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Curmudgeoness

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12. I cannot answer how liberal Christian women feel about this,

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:49 AM

Jan 2015

since I am not a Christian woman. But I was in my youth, and these were the kinds of scripture readings that made me an atheist. My opinion was that I was taught that the Bible was the word of God. That meant that all of the verses in the Bible came from God. If that was the case, I felt that I had no part in it. I cannot believe that some god would create women with a brain and not allow her to use it, therefore, this god cannot be real.

But as with all these verses that do not jive with what we believe, they are ignored by people who disagree with the sentiment and they are embraced by those who want to dominate their women. That is the thing about the Bible, everyone can find something to appreciate and embrace, as long as they are willing to ignore the rest of it.

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Women are not permitted to speak in churches 1 Corinthians 14:35 [View all] Kevin from WI Jan 2015 OP

I was raised in a WELS church and this 'rule' being enforced was the straw that broke my mom's back. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #1

Pretty sure most Quaker meetings have always ignored this. eShirl Jan 2015 #2

Pure Paul Stuckinthebush Jan 2015 #28

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The BEST kind of fist fights... Stuckinthebush Jan 2015 #33

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That seems like a long way around to decide to ignore some passages. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #6

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Oh, I know. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #9

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Simple edhopper Jan 2015 #4

"Religion evolves..." ??? FiveGoodMen Jan 2015 #21

my questions are RussBLib Jan 2015 #5

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Wow, this is so true! DawgHouse Jan 2015 #30

They ignore that verse, and quote Galatians 3:28 onager Jan 2015 #11

I cannot answer how liberal Christian women feel about this, Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #12

"I cannot believe that some god would create women with a brain and not allow her to use it..." CrispyQ Jan 2015 #13

A lecture on faith! Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #14

That's pretty much what I took away from Confirmation, too - our way of believing is better. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #15

Would you desribe your background as Liberal Christian? LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #17

Not at this point in my life. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #19

I ask because I think it took me longer to rise to reason LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #20

It is always a long journey. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #23

One of the main reasons my Mom left the church Lordquinton Jan 2015 #16

It is allegory. You can't take things in the bible literally. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #18

really means: Jesus loves me. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #22

"Get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich." Tobin S. Jan 2015 #24

You can't take things in the bible literally, Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #25

just the indefensible odious bullshit if you are a "liberal" christian. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #26

I have long conversations with one Christian who believes LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #27

Muslims will tell you the same thing onager Jan 2015 #31

The parts of the Bible they like are "divinely inspired" Act_of_Reparation Jan 2015 #32

I wish they had the guts to edit out the bad stuff. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2015 #34