Did God err in making Adam ruler over Eve?

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We should indeed, but instead of stepping up, we will pass on the problems and the bills to fix them to our children and grandchildren.

I see that as immoral. Do you?

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DL

You are so right as usual, Misslizard. I wonder if we can undo some of the incalculable harm done.

I have daydreams about a type of plastic that can totally dissolve into nothing once no longer used or needed. OK I guess it wouldn't be plastic, but a totally new, bio-friendly product...

Thank you for the link, I recall seeing something similar recently which probably fed my imagination!

This.^ I've actually heard that the Hebrew word for day is also the same word for era, but it sounds way more impressive to say God made the world in 7 days, hence why that was chosen for the first English translation and as far as I know has been used for every translation since. Moreover, if a day is defined as a rotation of the Earth as it revolves around the sun, and God created the sun on the fourth "day", are the first three really days?

I'm one of the modern kind of Christians. My church is what's known as a Foursquare church which is a penacostal denomination. I'm an "old Earth" Christian in that I believe in science and things like Evolution, but still believe in God. I don't believe that God gave man "dominion" over woman, nor do I believe he has a problem with female leadership in the church or outside of it. There's a very specific reason why Paul suggested to the church in Colossia that they pull all their female leadership, and there's the fact that Paul wrote letters to specific churches to address specific problems and never intended them to be used as "gospels" or the standard in which all churches eveywhere should be held to. Some may disagree with me, as many people believe context is irrelevant because Paul's letters are in the bible, but I do believe context is important...as is recognizing that translation is more art than science.

I don't know Hebrew or Arabic or Greek, but I have studied some Japanese. I'm not very good at it, and still can't even read a children's manga, but that just goes to show how difficult learning another language is, especially if it's in a completely different language family. I also know that translation is more art than science, and there's a lot of debate on whether translations should be literal, contextual or somewhere in between those two extremes, hence why the bible has so many different English translations. If translating something from any language is prone to inaccuracies, translating something from a different language family altogether and from an ancient dialect to boot is probably really difficult, especially when it comes to precision. Heck, some of the notes in my bible even say "the meaning of the original Hebrew is uncertain".

The point is, the bible is a great book, but we can't always be 100% certain what's being insinuated all the time, and there's no guarantee that even what certain religious establishments tout as the proper interpretation is the real truth. I also don't believe the bible is inherently sexist. It contains accounts of events that happened in a society that was sexist, but that has more to do with the historical context than the actual book itself. Besides, Jesus had women in his troupe and even Paul had women on staff. If Paul's ministry could be thought of as a travelling church, there's enough proof that he's not sexist. Heck, he had a missions team headed by both a husband and wife, and there's no indication that she was second fiddle to her husband in their leadership.

Actually this issue is more contested. Some religious interpreters, such as Sarah and Angelina Grimke, contended that the book of Genesis was mistranslated, and that the meanings of its wording in its original language had the story where god had made Adam and Eve as equals, and the domination of men over women was one of the consequences of the rise of sin.

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Only after they ate the fruit, in Genesis 3 does God give man dominion over woman (this could be interpreted to be part of the curse). All three of the parties involved got a different curse, man, woman and the serpent.

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The point is, the bible is a great book, but we can't always be 100% certain what's being insinuated all the time, and there's no guarantee that even what certain religious establishments tout as the proper interpretation is the real truth. I also don't believe the bible is inherently sexist. It contains accounts of events that happened in a society that was sexist, but that has more to do with the historical context than the actual book itself. Besides, Jesus had women in his troupe and even Paul had women on staff. If Paul's ministry could be thought of as a travelling church, there's enough proof that he's not sexist. Heck, he had a missions team headed by both a husband and wife, and there's no indication that she was second fiddle to her husband in their leadership.

Yes.We wouldn't put poison in our child's food or bed,yet we are doing just that.And expecting them to clean it up and deal with the mess we have made.

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Christian husbands are instructed to love their wives to the extent they’d sacrifice themselves for their survival. I think we can put the question of Biblical sexual inequality to rest.

Christian companies denying a woman's right to birth control.Plus not getting paid the same wage as a male coworker
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