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Hi Paula,

I don’t know why any real christian has any excuse other than nuture, culture and below average IQ or mental incapability except maybe for some who are stubborn in nature and don’t want to listen to God. I can’t assume that God doesn’t work with his people’s hearts. Then there’s the money motivator. How many jumped on the band wagon when it started moving in retaliation against CBE, in what the 70’s? And how many are there today for the same reason? But that’s entirely different motive than hating women or feeling superior to them because of male pride.

Maybe that’s what the majority of it is. Male pride. And why? Well look what God said Adam would do to Eve. Does this then mean that most men are born moraly inferior since perhaps they are like Adam wanting power and control over the female? If that’s the case, well that would be a hard one to work out if I were a male. If I were born lacking morality in that area, I’d be mad at God. Maybe it’s something in the male’s make-up or genes that wants to dominate the female? But then at least 40% of males on the planet do not have desire to dominate female, christian, religious, or neither. I donno. I’m just speaking my thoughts…

Paula, I understood and recognized your rage against this injustice right away when I came here to Cheryl’s place, cause I’ve had the same since I came to learn about it existence, which was sometime when I was a teenager. And I’ve felt like nobody (the majority and excluding you) wouldn’t, or doesn’t understand. And it’s been my BIGGEST hang up over the whole issue of male female roles, superiority/inferiority and surely that had to do with my very high moral standing/make-up. I’ve always loved justice and what’s right to the most deepest part of me and hate hatred especialy when it comes from those who associate themselves with Christianity. They were always most important principles to me. What’s life without love, justice, and doing what is right? In prejudice and hate there is none of those things. The Church is NOT God’s dwelling but people seem to believe otherwise because for them it’s about what the church says and teaches and they follow like cattle, er sheep. I donno, maybe because life can be hard most people just want the easier way and so they follow the leaders of the church and what they teach, of which most are not even called by Christ to be pastors and leaders. I doubt most that are in the ‘high places’ in church have been called by Christ to lead his sheep. It would be unrealistic to think or believe so.

Okay Cheryl, maybe I’m just babbling but I feel better having spoken my mind.