Protestantism

» pink101 - Introduction

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I think we need an other thread in which we can cover the generalized issues that are raised in The Bible II where we want to stick to the text as it is unfolded.
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Generally speaking, the Bible is a major influence in America's culture.
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It is the foundation on which the mind set of almost every "churched" Christian is built.
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Think of THAT!!
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The Bible re-presents us with the mind set of the most primitive of all civilized people in recorded history--one that is totally immersed in an extremist view of patriarchy.
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When the father in any family has total rights over all his possessions and when those possessions are every last drop of the products and materials to which he has title and of his wives, children, concubines, slaves, servants, and all other human beings and animals under his rule, then we have a most extreme form of patriarchy.
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And, beyond that, God is the Supreme patriarch of all that exists. God is righteous to carry out whatever whims might come to [his/her/its] mind. I have a relative that has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer from whom I received an email in which my relative stated, "though He slay me; yet will I serve Him", quoting the Bible. The idea that God cannot be questioned and that patriarchy is the basis of the need for human obedience is plain simple insanity.
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And, it all comes to us from the Bible.
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I'm sorry; but, I cannot contain my anger about that teaching.
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-- posted by pink101