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Southern Baptists Vote to Further Expand Restrictions on Women as Leaders (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by deacon@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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Yikes. There is quite a pattern developing in the religious right, in the US at least. We are turning back the clock folks.

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[–] 10A@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (36 children)

Actual Christian here. This decision is not extreme, whatsoever, though I get that it appears extreme to non-believers and feminists. The thing to understand here is that Christians follow the Bible. And conversely, those who do not follow the Bible are not Christian. So let's take a look at a relevant Bible passage (1 Timothy 2:11-12):

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Now that's the word of God. It's eternal, unchanging, and dictates how He wills us to live.

It's definitely out-of-step with modern secular culture, and that's a very good thing from the Christian perspective. We are God's peculiar people (Titus 2:11-15).

[–] DiachronicShear@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Now that’s the word of God. It’s eternal, unchanging

Hasn't the Bible been translated from Greek and Hebrew multiple times?

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

also even Christians can't agree on what it means--do you know how many fucking schisms Christianity has? (and don't ask about the one which created the Southern Baptists...)

[–] The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Don;t forget the 14 or so books the the church in the 1600's decided shouldn't be in the bible.

[–] 10A@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and some of them are pretty wacky translations. But the underlying word of God is unchanging.

[–] DiachronicShear@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

And didn't the Catholic Church shuffle around what books were included in the Bible over the years? Like didn't they take a bunch of books out?

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