(November 24, 2013 at 10:43 pm)FiniteImmortal Wrote:(November 24, 2013 at 10:05 pm)Bipolar Bob Wrote: Before I address your other points, I would like you to please clarify this statement.
Hundreds of years before "Women are from Mars, Men are from Venous" was written, God payed the biggest compliment to Womenhood when he told men to love their wives as Christ loved the Church. That is an unconditional love that transcends all time and space. When Jesus first appeared after his Resurrection, he chose to reveal himself to a woman, he called her by name "Mary". At that time in that oppressive culture a woman's testimony wasn't even valid in court. When he spoke to the woman at the well, he cut through all her struggles and life of brokenness and offered her living water in which when she would drink would never thirst again. When she caught a glimpse of who he was, she ran as fast as her feet could carry her to tell everyone about the man who told her about herself, as she felt like she was on the brink of the most monumental discovery of her life. Feminine imagery is used through out in reference to beauty, majesty, and something that needs be protected and nourished. The bible describes them as the weaker vessel, which conforms to reality as we know it, politically correct or not. It is a description of reality, not a prescription for women to be weak. There are some really tough women and some fairly fragile men out there, but as a whole we are bigger, tougher, and usually dumber : ) Womenhood should be esteemed by men above all other earthly things. It is when we deviate from the instructions of "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves the church", that we have a 6 in 10 divorce rate. We have the capacity and admonition to love unconditionally because god first loved us unconditionally.
I don't see where Burqas need to come into play, or any other oppressive construct of douchey men. Imagine if every couple that fell in love, loved each other unconditionally for life, how would the world look then? It is men's pride that is his undoing and oppressive holier than thou groups, not biblical truths and principles.
Just more proof that this Jesus character was homosexual
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5