I ask simply bc the biblical god uplifts men and makes women submissive and I feel it belittles them to men.
While I DON'T claim that the bible was written "by men for men" you could see where someone could make that assumption.
The books were written during human history where men were in fact thought to be greater than women, so hey, it's a possibility.
I'm not here to talk trash, which I feel like I will be accused of in the future(due to my sincere questions) I just want your point of view or opinion.
i asked someone what they thought and they said that males and females "share different roles", while that could be a passable response. It still ignores the fact that from Jehovah's point of view, women are in fact less than man. (My opinion based on reading the bible)
That is not Jehovah's point of view, for women are not less than men, for God said that everyone is equal in His eyes.
Nobody is better, or greater than anyone else, and God said there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile, and that He is no respecter of persons, and what makes you to differ from another person.
Jesus, who is the greatest of all, said that He came to be a servant, and that to men and women, and said whoever is the greatest let him be the servant.
The Bible does say that God is the head of Christ, and Christ is the head of man, and man is the head of woman, and women should have long hair because of the angels.
That is the authority of God on earth according to the natural world, although it is spiritual among those that understand the truth, for the world will not comply with men and women battling for control.
The men are only supposed to have authority when the saints come together to worship God, and hear the word of God, in a Church setting, and in the family, but this authority is not like some suppose it is, for it means that the men are to put forth the ways of God, and His agenda, and not their own agenda, so the man has nowhere to glory, for it is not according to the man's ways.
So the man is actually the servant of the woman and the children, and God has to have an authority structure on earth, like organizations have an authority structure on earth, so things run smooth and the man and woman are not fighting over who should be in charge.
But this does not mean the man is greater, but only according to the authority structure of God on earth, and the woman is a help mate that can also contribute to the cause of the ways of God on earth.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
The Bible says among those that are with Christ there is no male or female, for they are equal to each other, and neither one better, or greater than the other.
So God does not view a woman as less than a man, but as their equal.
In the Lord a man and a woman are equal, and even on earth among the saints, with the exception of the Church where the man should take the lead, and in the home where the man should take the lead, but is is according to the will of God, and the man is a servant, and not better, or greater.
But the woman should always obey God before the man if they do what is not right in the eyes of God in the Church. or in the family.
