RE: [TruthTalk] CAN WE ELIMINATE WOMEN FROM THIS FORUM

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John,   Happily Jesus was not one of the “Christians” who minimalized women.  None of us rally want that.  I don’t agree with David M that women are intellectually inferior (even if I am), however I do think you can note that there are different I.Q. average for different races. (Mongoloids being smartest.) Some say that is due to testing, environment, etc., but I think it is true as an average for whatever reason.  For women, I don’t think you can discount centuries of being beaten down by men.  Less than 100 years ago women could not vote in America! My own father’s mother was in that generation. Women rarely had to opportunity to learn to get any education then, too! How much history of female “intellectualism” do you think you are going to find under those conditions?  And heaven knows how much worse it is in most other countries in the world. And, as we all know, this continues today!   HOWEVER, I must say that I do not believe in women serving as pastors or in positions of spiritual authority over men.  Also, I do not believe in women being in the military. (Even though my dau-in-law was a Naval Academy graduate.  She got out of the military before starting her family, though.) And I do not believe in women leaving their children to pursue a career, although circumstances might force it to happen. SO I’m still very “old fashioned” about women willingly putting themselves in danger or high-stress situations. I think it robs us of our gentleness, for one thing, to rub elbows with the hard world every day.    Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] CAN WE ELIMINATE WOMEN FROM THIS FORUM   In a message dated 5/6/2004 2:55:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "To ignore or minimize" Does that include the culture that obtains within your worship circle? Blessings, Lance----- Original Message ----- Sad to say but it is even worse than this: religion is the ring leader in this put-down of  women --  whether Islam, Buddism,  Christianity or whatever.  That each gender has a particular role to play in society is obvious.  I will say that over the past 40 years, I have seen great steps taken in the area  --  women allowed to take roles of leadership.  So, there is hope on the horizen.  John