08 May '13 11:01>
Originally posted by josephwWhat is it?
Yes there is. 😉
You all know the bit where in Leviticus it goes, men are worth 50 shekels and a women only 35. The thing about that, besides being sexist, is if you view the rights of women around the world, you find in some countries in Africa, they get genital mutilation so they cannot derive pleasure from sex. Or in China where girl babies are killed AFTER they are born BECAUSE they are girls. You can see how well THAT turned out, now with villages made up of 70% men and REALLY ticked off there are not enough women to go around so now there are these gangs of young men creating hell for China. The point about all that is this is a HUMAN trait.
Originally posted by sonshipI thought you were the expert on the bible. Try Leviticus 27.
sonhouse,
[quote] You all know the bit where in Leviticus it goes, men are worth 50 shekels and a women only 35. The thing about that, besides being sexist, is if you view the rights of women around the world, you find in some countries in Africa, they get genital mutilation so they cannot derive pleasure from sex. Or in China where girl babies are killed ...[text shortened]... r on the Bible.
Now the 50/35 shekel matter ? What verse in Leviticus are you refering to ?
You all know the bit where in Leviticus it goes, men are worth 50 shekels and a women only 35. The thing about that, besides being sexist,
Originally posted by sonshipThere is nothing in those verses suggesting anything about warfare. It is just the early jews codifying the superiority of males over females. This did not come from a god. Anyone who thinks it did has holes in their heads.
sonhouse says
You all know the bit where in Leviticus it goes, men are worth 50 shekels and a women only 35. The thing about that, besides being sexist,
Without getting into too much depth it is fair to say that probably because the MALE was able to participate in WARFARE in Israel as a soldier the valuation of the boy was more than ...[text shortened]... at soldiering was in mind. Warfare in the ancient Near East was simply a fact of national life.
Originally posted by sonhouseThere is no claim that everything written in the Holy Bible came directly from God and is God approved. Surely, they wrote their own history and they devised there own civil laws and economic and social systems that they believed was in keeping with God's laws.
There is nothing in those verses suggesting anything about warfare. It is just the early jews codifying the superiority of males over females. This did not come from a god. Anyone who thinks it did has holes in their heads.
There is nothing in those verses suggesting anything about warfare. It is just the early jews codifying the superiority of males over females. This did not come from a god. Anyone who thinks it did has holes in their heads.
thought you were the expert on the bible. Try Leviticus 27.
Originally posted by RJHindsA general comment here not all directed to you.
There is no claim that everything written in the Holy Bible came directly from God and is God approved. Surely, they wrote their own history and they devised there own civil laws and economic and social systems that they believed was in keeping with God's laws.
But the 10 commandments came directly from God. And the Genesis account of creation was inspi ...[text shortened]... lues they place on women, etc. You are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Originally posted by sonship"The marraige of Christ is to His corporate Bride - the church sanctified and presented to Him without spot or wrinkle or any such thing."
The marraige of Christ is to His corporate Bride - the church sanctified and presented to Him without spot or wrinkle or any such thing.
This marraige you can read about in Revelation 19, 21 and 22.
Here He finds His match, His helpmeet, His counterpart.
We are today preparing corporately to marry the Lord Jesus.
Or we should be.
[b]" Let us ...[text shortened]... teous deeds.
By all means Christ is securing for Himself a Bride and a Wife in this sense.