The Persecution of Women in the Church

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by ILG

Let me make myself clear. I do not define myself as a feminist. But feminism is really anything to do with equal rights for women, which most here are for. What we, as Christians, are opposed to, is abortion, female heads of house, lesbianism and the like. If that is feminism, then we are all opposed to it. But again, it's all in the definition of feminism. In the church the word feminism is usually said with a sneer, so the word itself is thought of negatively. But remember, the first feminists were Christian women, trying to get the vote for women. And isn't it Christianity that really gives women equal rights, rather than that Christianity hates women? Jesus was very egalitarian.

This is how I would describe my thoughts on the matter.

While I am certainly for equal rights for women, etc. I am in no way a feminist, liberal, social, radical, or otherwise. I may agree with a few things they support, but that doesn't mean I in any way identofy with them.

Hillary Clinton and I both agree that you ought not steal chickens, but that doesn't make me a liberal democrat.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

This is how I would describe my thoughts on the matter.

While I am certainly for equal rights for women, etc. I am in no way a feminist, liberal, social, radical, or otherwise. I may agree with a few things they support, but that doesn't mean I in any way identofy with them.

Hillary Clinton and I both agree that you ought not steal chickens, but that doesn't make me a liberal democrat.

LOL! Well, I guess in many minds, the word "feminist" is owned by radicals. I guess the point is that Christianity, in it's correct form, frees women like nothing else.

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by ILG

LOL! Well, I guess in many minds, the word "feminist" is owned by radicals. I guess the point is that Christianity, in it's correct form, frees women like nothing else.

Indeed Christianity does.

That's why we have no need to support the feminist movement, which is evil at the core, even though it does promote some good thing.

But hey, Mussolini wasn't all bad either. he made sure the trains ran on time.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Indeed Christianity does.

That's why we have no need to support the feminist movement, which is evil at the core, even though it does promote some good thing.

But hey, Mussolini wasn't all bad either. he made sure the trains ran on time.

I'm not really interested in "supporting the feminist movement", but I am for defining the word feminism rightly and not brandishing all people who want any kind of women's rights with the radical feminist label.