I do not understand why modern women of today buy into a 2000 year old book called the Bible which is written entirely by men for men. For thousands of years women have played a demeaning role in all of history. The most popular female role in the history of the Bible is Eve. Need I say how she was portrayed. You can believe in the Adam and Eve fable or not believe in it, but the fact remains that it was written by man and the Bibles first lady doesn’t look too good. As history progressed into the future, the demeaning portrayal of women has continued and is still alive to this day. Why are modern day women still buying into the fables of the Bible? The only answer I can think of is fear of the unknown so women have become appeasers to the cause. There is some hope for women’s equality through the women’s movements but without acknowledging the history of their repression and fighting to change their man imposed role of today, they won’t ever get full equality.
During the time of the Old Testament there were only two books that bear the names of women, namely Ruth and Ester. Both played a positive role in the Bible and they were both unique characters and were considered heroines of the time. Unfortunately, the Ruth and Ester fables are overshadowed by numerous scriptures that have been demeaning and repressing women since the onset of the Bible and the New Testament does not repudiate any of these scriptures. Is bible scripture a command of god or is it merely a delusion created by the author’s grandiose imaginations? Either way, scriptures, passages and verses were not intended to be suggestions, they were intended to be gospel and some believe they were dictates from God meaning they are Gods law.
Scriptures inspired by God, or was it Man?
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man, she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." Timothy 2:12-14 New International version (NIV)
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
(Corinthians 11:3)
"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
(Corinthians 11:8-9)
