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Recent content by Christophercbm

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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    The only thing I have against females is that they all have cooties. Other than that, they are fine and dandy.
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    It's no burden at all. I can sense that you are going through a lot. I dont know what it is, but God does. And if you used to be a Christian then I personally feel that there must be some light left still lingering inside of you. If Jesus loses one of his sheep, he is gonna go looking for him...
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    Good night. I'll be praying for you :)
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    No problem man. I hope you feel better tomorrow. I hope that your feelings change about Paul. I do believe he was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    My mind also races back to Genesis chapter 3 Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow...
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    The interpretation I mentioned is a bit of a stretch. I wouldnt even consider it if it wasnt for the definite article that seems to possibly point to a specific child birth. I'm just not sure what to think of that verse. I have spent time dwelling on it in the past. I'm willing to hear people...
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    If that is indeed what he was saying, but honestly, I'm not a 100% sure what he meant by that.
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    I know you wasn't trying to incriminate me :). Its just late at night and I'm tired and I'm running out of words. I have enjoyed the discourse though. That is a hard verse to understand. I think its possibly referring to the birth of Christ since the definite article is present in the...
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    I dont really have anything more to add. I believe what I said to be the truth. I dont believe Paul was sexist anymore than I believe Jesus was sexist for only having 12 male disciples and no females.
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    Doesnt make a whole lot of difference to me though because I still think all of it is applicable today anyway.
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    1 Timothy is dealing with a Church setting. What would she be "teaching" that wouldn't qualify as "preaching" in a Church setting?
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    I know. I addressed this in my above post
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    I think there were probably some specific problems going on at the Churches at Ephesus. It was common for Paul to deal with specific problems. I think women being disorderly in their behavior and dressing in inappropriate, pretentious ways was one of them. I know some will say that because of...
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    Does the Bible teach gender equality?

    I dont see anything wrong with a woman wearing a bathing suit to the beach (some bathing suits do reveal too much though), but if she wore one to Church that would be a different story.
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    Name the last thing you ate. (11)

    Cheese danish