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In reply to the discussion: "All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women’s sexuality…" [View all]PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)8. It's all part of some core tenets of Christianity.
Women are dangerous.
And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through child-bearingif they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. (1 Timothy 2:14-15
As a good Christian woman, the last thing I wanted was to be accused of having a Jezebel Spirit!! Jezebel is the bossy, bold and dominating woman, who wears the pants in the family, and in the Bible account, things ended badly for her: Throw her downJehu said. So they threw her down and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot. (2 Kings 9:33)
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2014/09/vyckie-garrison-how-playing-good-christian-wife-almost-killed-me/
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"All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women’s sexuality…" [View all]
mr blur
May 2015
OP
Ha, nah, I do enjoy the company of women and very much support their causes/issues.
F4lconF16
May 2015
#22
It's been sad watching friends I've had slip away over the last year and a half.
F4lconF16
May 2015
#35
Not sure that's 100% right. They all seek to control women, and punish them....
truebrit71
May 2015
#3
"All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women’s sexuality…"
AlbertCat
May 2015
#20
My unkind answer to Mrs Eltahawy: not everything is a nail if you have a hammer.
Yorktown
May 2015
#39