Here are some other Bible passages that discuss women - seems 'submissive' might be the most flattering word to use..
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Ephesians 5:22-24 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 1 Timothy 2:11,12 On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I quoted definitions of 'submissive' from the dictionary...not sure how one > could skew that." > > Oh, I am sure that you used the definition directly from the book. Just > wonder if you do the same for all other candidates, issues, and so on. > > Anyway, looking at the synonyms for submissive, you find: abject, > accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, > deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving-in, humble, ingratiating, > lowly, malleable, meek, menial, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedient, >, obeying, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, resigned, > servile, slavish, subdued, tame, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting, > yielding. Some are bad, some not so much. I bet the truth is somewhere in > the middle. > > I don't follow MB or the submissive wife movement Without spending a lot > of time researching it, I would imagine the submissive wife movement is like > "The Surrendered Life" > > The "Surrendered Wives" movement is centered around six basic principles: > > 1. a wife relinquishes control of her husband's life > 2. she respects his decisions for his life > 3. she practices good self-care (she does at least three things a day for > her own enjoyment) > 4. she also practices receiving compliments and gifts graciously > 5. she practices expressing gratitude (thanking her husband for the > things he does) > 6. a surrendered wife is not afraid to show her vulnerability and take > the feminine approach > > Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrendered_wife. > > Reminds me of a quote I saw this a weekend: "If a man makes a statement in > the woods and his wife isn't around to hear him, is he still wrong?" > > I do believe that a man has a part to uphold in this submissive wife > movement too. He has to treat his wife with dignity, respect, love, and so > on. It's not just, "Hey bitch, get me a beer." > > And then, when one considers MB's career, it is ludicrous the believe that > she has achieved all that she has while licking her husband's boot. > > Anyway, if she wins, enjoy your expatriate status. I think you'll be fine > though. She's probably not going to win. > > Regardless of who wins, I will be staying put. > > Just as an aside, did you get married in a church? Exchange vows? What > were the vows? > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - > Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go > out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340147 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
