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I'm finally having a discussion thread about Katharine Bushnell's book "God's Word to Women"! There's a lot in her book, so I'm only covering certain things.
This discussion will be about Eve. I will be posting which paragraph number certain points are made and links to Bushnell's book on the Internet Archive. Please also read Genesis 3 in your Bible. I will post the link to the NIV translation, but you are welcome to read whichever translation you'd like.
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Here are certain things I learned from Bushnell's points about Eve:
I would like to hear from you all what you thought of the five points I posted. Did you think of anything else when you read the paragraphs? How do the things that Bushnell discusses and points out in her book differ from what you have heard from others or in church?
This discussion will be about Eve. I will be posting which paragraph number certain points are made and links to Bushnell's book on the Internet Archive. Please also read Genesis 3 in your Bible. I will post the link to the NIV translation, but you are welcome to read whichever translation you'd like.
Bible Gateway passage: Genesis 3 - New International Version
The Fall - Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not...
Here are certain things I learned from Bushnell's points about Eve:
- Eve was a "superior help" not an "inferior help" (Paragraph 34)
- When Eve told God that the Serpent deceived her, she was confessing what had happened and what she did, instead of putting the blame on someone else (Paragraphs 68, 69, 94)
- God put enmity between Eve and Satan as a result of Eve's confession; Eve's offspring is believers while Satan's offspring is unbelievers (Paragraphs 71, 72, 73)
- Eve means "mother of all the living [the believers]" instead of "mother of all human beings that have ever existed" (Paragraphs 83 and 97)
- Eve was not banished from the Garden of Eden, but Adam was (Paragraphs 95 and 96)
I would like to hear from you all what you thought of the five points I posted. Did you think of anything else when you read the paragraphs? How do the things that Bushnell discusses and points out in her book differ from what you have heard from others or in church?
