Comments | nicca2007: seriously?!?

nicca2007

seriously?!?

Oct 21, 2007 14:39

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/21/at_texas_theological_school_the_role_of_the_godly_woman_101/

I find this offensive. As a woman and as a Christian.

Comments 4

cailleach_sidhe October 22 2007, 02:16:44 UTC

Oh my. At least it made the paper. And, I fully expect you (and elphaba, for that matter) to conduct your rants in public as well. Minus the beatings. <3

lol kfollo October 22 2007, 15:14:24 UTC

wow. Even though, all I really want to do is be a wife and mom and let my husband make a living for me, I still want to be educated. And I'd never go to college to learn that stuff. That is a waste of college tuition and I'd kinda be embarressed to say thats what I spent my college years learning.

It makes me thing of that movie...mona lisa smile.

And honestly, I have no problem with staying home/being a homemaker, I love the idea. but i don't think we need to say that is the right thing for every woman! shoot. thats pretty crazy...and it also assumes that even though God made men and women equal and different, that he made all women to be the same. what good would that be? If all women were homemakers, honestly, who would be teachers? Who would work at Yale? (all jobs that are mostly done by women!

Re: lol nicca2007 October 22 2007, 21:04:59 UTC

I think what raises my ire about this most is the idea that the reason they're doing this is to evangelize. There's a paragraph in the article talking about their hope that other people will see their 'perfect' homes and ask how they do it, and they'll direct those people to the Bible, and those people will be converted. I have no problem with staying at home either...I want to be a stay-at-home mom too (not for my entire life, mind you, just when my kids are little, but its one of the many things I want to do). I DO have a problem with people saying that there is only one right way to do God's will. By restricting 'good Christian behavior' to only one way of being, they're restricting God to only one way of being. That is NOT the God I know. I can respect someone's belief that that kind of life is what God wants for them...I may not agree with it, but I can respect their right to believe it. What bothers me is that they're saying the only way to be a good Christian is to agree with them and live like that. There are lots of ways ( ... )

Re: lol kfollo October 24 2007, 12:20:09 UTC

amen