God's View of Women/Does God Really Care About Women?

"Sin began with a woman, and thanks to her we must all die." --Ecclesiastes, Second Century B.C.E.

"You are the devil's gateway: you are the unsealer of that forbidden tree:  you are the first deserter of the divine law . . .You destroyed so easily God's image, man." -TERTULLIAN, ON THE APPAREL OF WOMEN, SECOND CENTURY C.E. 

THOSE ancient verses are not from the Bible. For centuries, they have been used to justify discrimination against women.  Even today, some extremists still cite religious text to legitimize the domination of women, claiming that women are to blame for mankind's ills. Did God really purpose for women to be scorned and abused by men?  What does the Bible say?  Let us see. 

Have women been cursed by God? 
No. Instead, it is "the original one called Devil," who has been "cursed by God.  (Revelation 12:9; Genesis 3:14)  When God said that Adam would "dominate" his wife, God was not indicating his approval of the subjugation of woman by man.  (Genesis 3:16)  He was simply foretelling the sad consequences of the first couple.  (Note: There is a difference between subjugate and submit here.Wive are to submit to their husbands. Ephesians 5:22; Subjugate is, if I remember right, to not mistreat or beat your wives.) 

Thus, the abuse of women is a direct outcome of the sinful nature of humans, not of God's will.  The Bible does not support the idea that women must be subjugated to men in order to atone for the original sin. -Romans 5:12. 

Next time: God's View of Women/Does God Really Care About Women? -Did God create women inferior to man?

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