Feminism - A Biblical Concept?

From Washington Post's On Faith section

FEMINISM AND SCRIPTURE:

“The discrimination against women on a global basis is very often attributable to the declaration by religious leaders in Christianity, Islam and other religions that women are inferior in the eyes of God,” former President Jimmy Carter said last week.

While former President Carter's statement is technically correct, he managed to completely miss the point. The real question is not whether “religious leaders” promote discrimination against women. There exists any number of atrocities which have been committed in the name of “religion.” The real question (from the perspective of genuine biblical Christianity) is “does the bible teach discriminatory principles in relation to women's place in society.”

Feminism has long used this point as a bully-pulpit in the push for equal rights for women. But what does the bible actually teach on this matter? Does it actually teach that women are inferior in the eyes of God? Does the bible teach that women are to be suppressed, relegated to an inferior social status, and denied basic human “rights”? Does it actually teach that women are to mindlessly submit themselves to their fathers and husbands and become silently subservient?

Are the principles taught in the bible so primitive that they deserve the moniker “Iron Age,” or are there time-tested principles of wisdom in the bible that are desperately needed in our rapidly unraveling modern society? Does the bible give “license” to men and allow them to ruthlessly exploit their positions of power over women, or does it teach us to honor and exalt womanhood?

Modern feminism has derailed and has consequently become a mere shadow of the worthy cause it was in its infancy. Today feminism has shrunk to nothing more than the adaptation of masculine traits by women due to the fact that men have become effeminate and have abdicated their God-appointed responsibilities. What an utterly perverted and unattractive duality.

Randy Cofield

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Is This An Image Of Jesus?

We hear it all the time.
"Jesus was a fictional character."
"None of the things written in your little book of fairy tales actually happened."
"You have no proof at all."

Even the accounts of Josephus are discredited as being the work of a later author.
Dead Sea Scrolls are written off as the works of some bizzare Jewish cult.
There is seemingly no concrete evidence that Christ ever existed, much less did the things written of him.

But a new discovery might change some of those perceptions.

From the UK Daily Mail

The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But in a certain light it is not difficult to interpret the marks around the figure’s brow as a crown of thorns.
The extraordinary picture of one of the recently discovered hoard of up to 70 lead codices – booklets – found in a cave in the hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee is one reason Bible historians are clamouring to get their hands on the ancient artefacts.
If genuine, this could be the first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ, possibly even created in the lifetime of those who knew him.

Even more convincing, is the fact that among the limited amount of text on the books, the phrase "Savior of Israel" has been translated from the Phoenician (Paleo-Hebrew) script.


I think this discovery, if genuine, proves that the existence of Christ was not only known by many who lived during his time, but he was regarded as the savior.
The crown of thorns indicates that this savior was also the slain lamb of God, thus confirming and fulfilling Psalms 22, Isaiah 53, as well as many other Old Testament prophecies