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Originally Posted by EvanG
The approach she takes is:
First presume that the lemon passages exist, and that the translators were under the influence of male bias which was in fact Satanic - i.e. God is unable to preserve His Word.
Then proceed to change verses here and there to match her presumptions - i.e. change God's Word
Then hope that these modifications will inspire serious bible scholars to fix the problems which she claims to exist .
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Originally Posted by Nell
This pathetic diatribe says more about you than it does about Jane. But I must admit, you've outdone yourself on this one.
Does denigrating Christian women make you feel good?
Nell
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It didn't make me feel good to say Jane has an oversize ego. I've made it obvious that that makes me cautious.
However, I'm with Jane on this male bias thing. I think both the Bible AND the translators have been way toooooooooo male biased. Add to that also, the fact that, there were no female scribes copying the books of the Bible.
Maybe some of the Greek manuscripts would agree with each other if there had been. But women were held down, and made to be illiterate back then. They weren't allowed to be scribes. They would have prolly been better at transcribing the text, and less likely to tamper with it.
Male dominance of the Bible is even reflected in Paul's possible pseudepigraphal books - like Timothy, but not Corinthians - tho evidence exists in the manuscripts that it too has been tampered with - again by males.
So I say, go with gusto sister Jane. Stir it up. In this day and age of equality, it's about time we had some female influence on the Bible.
However, all the female gusto in the world will, ironically, not undo the male dominance of the Bible. In the end -- prolly sadly to Jane -- males dominate, and ain't nothing going to change that. Male dominance of the Bible has been Canonized.
But Kudos to Jane for trying. It's about time I tell ya, about time, the Bible had some female bias. So Jane ... YOU GO GIRL !!!!!!
Sadly, your ego, even on steroids, will never be powerful enough to even make a dent in the male dominance of the Bible. Now, for the sake of at least some female influence on the Bible, I wish your ego was as big as all out doors.
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It doesn't matter a hang to me if women preach and teach in church. After Witness Lee, I don't cotton to preachers, male or female. And I'm with Paul -- in one of his undisputed books, Galatians -- in Christ there's no male or female.