International Women’s Day
I am very inspired by this post on Rachelle’s blog. Hope it inspires you too.
I live in a city where a mega church pastor repeatedly instructs his young congregation to see women as subservient to men…
I practice a religion where systemic dysfunction keeps many women from being who they were truly meant to be….
I dwell on a globe where women and girls are systematically raped and murdered in order to allow the violent and the powerful to be more violent and more powerful…
“If I had a hammer, I would smash patriarchy.
You have totally missed the point of Driscoll’s message to men and it’s subsequent value to women.
Sorry if you got the impression that I am supporting this because of Driscoll (I don’t know much about him). One person’s opinion/message is not the reason why I want to be involved in this discussion. I have fought my own battles to be treated like an equal. I want to explore how others have been affected in my community and what can be done to bring about justice (wherever it is lacking).
That whole submission thing is just whack. It’s so out of context with even the verse that preceeds it.
This is what I’ve learned from Jewish mystics so far…the word is not helpmeet. That’s a very poor translation. Most believe Adam was created male and female, and Eve was separated out when Adam wanted a companion. Anyhow, the word in Hebrew is ezrakenegdo (phonetic spelling) which means “equal leaning against or supporting” the other.
So, I’m all for hammering man-made ideologies.
I know this is not about a debate. But, I feel compelled to make clear that Mark Driscoll at Mars Hill Church teaches that neither men nor women follow behind but that they walk through life side by side with different roles to play in the relationship. The best way I can find to illustrate this is that for the husband and wife to do somthing you need 2 votes to pass. When somthing does pass the man leads the execution and both share in the work. When there is a problem the responsibility for that problem falls on the man as he is/was the executive of the bright idea. Boys flee responsibility, men don’t.
Thanks for realizing this is not about debate, but again I just want to say that I know very little about Driscoll and the teachings at Mars Hill Church. The only reason why he is mentioned here is because of his influence on the life of the woman who I copied this idea from.
Thanks for sharing!
Ugh… “When there is a problem the responsibility for that problem falls on the man as he is/was the executive of the bright idea”…
So, it’s important to have responsible men but not important to have responsible women? Is that why women go for the crap that people like Driscoll spew? Because then they don’t have to be responsible for anything? I think that children flee responsibility… and adults don’t. It’s time we all grow up and take responsibility for our actions.