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Originally Posted by formermember
I read some of the messages you linked to, and I didn't see any hateful rhetoric. It was a very balanced and Biblical description of what the family is supposed to be. I have read similar things from other Christian teachers outside of the LC.
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First - Two wrongs do not make a right.
Second - That is ok that we disagree on what God wants from us as humans. I would say that delineating "The weakness of women", saying “Women should never speak up”, “A women’s only happiness should derive from her husbands and kids spirituality”, etc. is not only hateful and wrong, but also a message that limits the potential that God demands us as women to achieve and what he wants from the great bond between a husband and wife. You can think that is a balanced way to read the bible, I cannot change your mind and am not trying to do so. We must remember that this was a message given by the Holy Spirit to an ancient culture and as humans, God demands us to grow, become stronger and allow the Holy Spirit to communicate to us a message that continues to become closer to the true word of God. When reading the bible, you hardly take everything verbatim, so why choose the parts that keep women down?
Deuteronomy 23:1
No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
Hopefully you have never played sports or been in an accident where your testicles were crushed!