[Vision2020] what the Bible really teaches (was Douglas Wilson onwomen)

[keely emerinemix]

Thanks, Rose.  I think that Doug's parable is offensive not just because of 
the message -- women just simply don't belong in the world of fighter 
pilots, period, -- but also because of the condescending, smug and 
self-assured message that "daddy," whether the fictional dad of the parable 
or Doug himself, knows best.

If we take Jesus at his word and follow his example, we'll see that sexism 
in the church is even worse than sexism outside of it, because it purports 
to have the stamp of approval of the One who proclaimed through Paul that 
"there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor 
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."  (Gal. 3:28)  Christ came to 
reverse the effects of the Fall, not to make sure that its more odious 
manifestations continue in robust display.  I'm sure many Kirk women 
disagree with me, and that's fine.  But freedom in Christ can never be 
diminished by the men around us, and those men who attempt to curtail the 
abundant life of women in Christ will have much to answer for.

I certainly don't plan to make it easier for them . . .

keely




From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
To: kjajmix1 at msn.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] what the Bible really teaches (was Douglas Wilson 
onwomen)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:56:44 EST

Thank you, Keely, for your wise and gracious words.   Many  of us have 
spoken
out strongly and clearly about Doug Wilson's defense of  southern, 
race-based
slavery. It is my hope that the contemporary slavery  practiced in the Kirk,
aka, "wifely submission," arouses the same  disgust.  Doug's little parable
is a short, ugly, and revealing  tale about the place of women in the Kirk.
Cook, clean, marry, cook,  clean, breed.

Even though the empire is beginning to crumble, King Bully will never tire
of preaching on the joys of controlling women.  That's the special  kind of
magic that makes the Kirk so attractive to weak, sorry-ass men,  and I am 
pained
to say, spirit-broken women.  In Wilson  World, women exchange personal
responsibility for room and board  on the downsized plantations owned by 
their
father or husbands.

Rose  Huskey

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight  you, then
you win." Mahatma Gandhi


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