A comment from this article: Ohio megachurch pastor kicks Bible off stage during Super Bowl Sunday serviceEven the Muslims in the comment section say they would never kick the Bible
She is a pastor!
Bold. You're right. I will not further comment. I think I misunderstood your original comment.I am sure you are confused. Trump is not your savior, Riley. Gosh, he isn't even good. Oh yeah, kicking bibles doesn't mean a thing; it's just more American nonsense. Kicking bibles, voting for Trump, it all comes from the same place. None of it has anything to do with Christ, and never has, but it is all American. It is very American. Too many American Christians cannot differentiate between their faith and their country. It's not very spiritual, but it is true..
Hi thereI respect myself, and I'm a woman.
I respect myself enough to respect God's opinion of what I should and should not do.
I may not be perfect, but at least I'm not openly defying God and putting on blasphemous public displays.
I am sure you are confused. Trump is not your savior, Riley. Gosh, he isn't even good. Oh yeah, kicking bibles doesn't mean a thing; it's just more American nonsense. Kicking bibles, voting for Trump, it all comes from the same place. None of it has anything to do with Christ, and never has, but it is all American. It is very American. Too many American Christians cannot differentiate between their faith and their country. It's not very spiritual, but it is true..
This is just crazy --what was she thinking?
The strange thing is, I looked up the church she is working at (Crossroads), and I don't see anything crazy about it.... wow, the things they must be teaching at Dallas Theological Seminary these days!
The strange thing is, I looked up the church she is working at (Crossroads), and I don't see anything crazy about it.
They seem to be moderate Evangelicals, although they do allow for female pastors
Alli Patterson has written some books, and her theology doesn't appear to be "out-there" (but I have only read a little of what she has written)
I think this was a moment of bad judgment
No it would not, and the reason should be obvious, to Christians anyway.If the pastor was male, would the thread title read: "Male Pastor......." ?
Yeah with the lights and pyrotechnics I thought I was watching part of a KISS concert.Also, as I watched the first bit of this showbiz,...
Im referring mainly to such as myself , an independant
woman who grew up in a non Christian culture
with, like Western nations, a deep histoty of
repression of women.
If I had lived pre Mao, I would have had bound feet
( and mind). No doubt I would have adapted and accepted
my role, for own sanity.
I noted elsewhere, btw, that Mao did more for
the status of women than christianity has in 2000
years. Accepting the boblical role is going backwards
so, no thanks and no deal. Too much self respect here
for that. Or for my traditional role in Chinese society.
As for "blasphemy" that is in the eyes of the
beholder. Earth orbiting the sun, and saying there
are sunspots was serious, severely punishable
blasphemy at one time
But people adapt themselves, and what they decide
the bible " really" means, as society grows and matures.
Stoning adulterors and witches is out, despite what the
plain text says.
How slaves are to be acquired and treated isnt acceptrd anymore.
And some of us wont accept how women are supposed
to be disrespected, either.
An issue i find lot more important than how
a book is treated.
Now I personally would not kick a bible.
At NYU a fellow student movrd one of my
texts with his foot. I was really annoyed by
the disrespect. Books are to be respected.
But I kept quiet, its not a cultural thing in the west.
No disrespect was intended.
If he'd intended disrrspect, I would have slapped him.
If said pastor intended disrespec for god, she might be in
the wrong line of work.
As it is, Id go with a lack of good sense on her part.
Very tacky behabiour I'd say.
As an insult god worthy of eternal hellfire
not so much.
How dare a mere woman try to act as an equalI was wondering how much of it was about the handling of the bible and how much was because she was a woman daring to be a pastor.
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