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Women’s Rights within Christianity
The Christian west and the Church have a long history of misogyny and denying women their most basic rights, including financial independence, often attempting to use scriptures to justify it. I have read the Bible and neither the OT law or Jesus forbid women from working or owning property, neither demand that they must get…
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1 of My Peeves
One of the biggest cringe moments I have in Christianity is hearing a man tell women how to be a good wife, especially when that includes “be submissive, hardworking and obedient”, so…a slave. You’re literally trying to convince women to choose to be slave, in the name of Jesus. Well, fair enough, it’s probably the…
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Why I don’t like going to church
I could sum up most sermons I hear delivered at my church as “you’re not doing good enough, do better, try harder, be more religious” Is this how Jesus preached, or is this how the Pharisees preached? Did Jesus call us to go to temple/church more? No, He said: “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time…
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Is being a disciple the same thing as being saved?
Luke 9.23-24 Is being a disciple the same thing as being saved? 24 suggests yes, but they could also be people of whom much is given and expected, that not everything is expected of everyone to be saved. If not, it could be argued that verse 24 is a big justification for wanting to be…