tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25941227.post7701406993370392997..comments2023-12-24T19:59:45.728-08:00Comments on Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence: PatriarchyJocelyn Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17172491437262657745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25941227.post-23429691862750963202023-08-14T09:57:24.699-07:002023-08-14T09:57:24.699-07:00Great readding your postGreat readding your post11375 Aristotle Drivehttps://11375aristotledrive.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25941227.post-5121115223133160452009-02-20T08:41:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:41:00.000-08:00Great points, Jocelyn!May I add that if God was a ...Great points, Jocelyn!<BR/>May I add that if God was a chauvinist, He would not have allowed Moses to write a law ordering husbands who chose to kick their wives out to give their wives a writing of divorcement, thereby freeing the wives to marry someone else, and putting a "slow down and think about it" on the husbands. Moses also made it clear there was one person that particular husband could not marry--and that was the wife he had kicked out, if he or she married someone in between. This, too, had the effect of making husbands stop and think before divorcing their wives for another woman. What if the prettier woman didn't turn out to be such a catch after all? He could never have the original wife back, even if she was then more desirable to him than the new, younger, prettier woman. <BR/><BR/>That law suggests real respect for women. So also does the law that says a man was to let his captive wife mourn her parents for a month before pursuing relations with her. And then if he didn't like her, he was to turn her free, ie: divorce her. He was not to make a slave of her or mistreat her in any way. <BR/><BR/>That too points to God being concerned that women--even captive women--were important and were to be well-treated. Indeed, if a man treated his wife well, the woman would be more likely to end up loving her husband and being happy and contented in her marriage. A chauvinist would not care if women had their needs met, or if they were mistreated. But our God does care about those details. He is definitely NOT a chauvinist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com