Bible Discussion Thread

I read something about the birth of Christ, It inferred that at that point women became more than second class citizens. Because Mary did exactly what God wanted of her....Would like some input on this,

THANK YOU,

KATHY

If someone aligns themselves with the feminist agenda of today, then yes, not just Mary, but most of the women in the Old & New Testaments of the Bible, obeyed God, served Him well & faithfully reared up their families & may have appeared as 'second class' people. But that was never the case: this has always been the God-ordained Plan for mankind, for its happy & blessed existence & a full expression of familial love & cohesiveness.

Then someone steps up to the plate & announces that women are being suppressed, disadvantaged & treated in a sub-human way & this needs to be rectified. And I agree to it, if women are being treated as such, then errors made in the past need to be corrected. But in her obedience to God, which also reflects a wife's relationship to her husband, a woman can do no better than to remain humble before her God which demonstrates her love & devotion to Him & a spirit ever keen to hear & do what He asks of her. And this must also be the desire & act of every man towards God, whereby as his wife subjects herself to him, he likewise shows her (nay, showers her) with much love & care.

So I've never viewed Mary as anything less than what God expected of her & what she willingly did & gave of herself to Him. That's a picture of a beautiful relationship of love & trust, but the carnal world only sees that which God has ordained, as skewed & of great disadvantage or mistreatment to women as a whole. Just my thoughts.