Pan

“I do not think people miss out on anything by not having a woman pastor/preaher- the word of God is not gender orientated. They miss out if preachers are gender orientated.”

~Mhmm. Men aren’t gender oriented.

I guess I don’t really have grounds to comment, since I don’t believe in god. A god who allows people to be beaten, raped and murdered to protect “man’s free will” certainly does not protect the rest of us, and that drove me away, and I kept going. I do read these blogs out of curiosity and some remnants of sympathy, though, for people trying to square that “treat him like unto the Lord” circle and extract some dignity for women, and I admire the level of discourse on this site. Given I’m a heathen, my question is: doesn’t anyone in your community ever clarify that assault is a crime? If a man punches a man in his home, or yard, or on the street, police arrest him. Assault is a crime, genuine criminal prosecutable behavior. Why the kid gloves for men (so to speak) when a stranger who punches you in the face goes to jail?