1 Timothy 2:11-14 "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. For Adam was first
formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being
deceived was in the transgression."
1 Corinthians 14:34 "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."
Men can shave the women's heads if women don't cover their
heads:
1 Corinthians 11:5-10: "But every woman that prayeth or
prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for
that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be
not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a
woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed
ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and
glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man
is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the
man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this
cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the
angels."
1 Corinthians 11:13: "Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a
woman pray unto God (with her head) uncovered?"
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What the Old Testament has to say about women
Deuteronomy 22:28-30 "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is
not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must
marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her
as long as he lives."
(This verse was taken from the NIV Bible. The NIV Bible is the
most trusted and used Bible among Trinitanian Christians. Many
other authors of other bibles were ashamed of this verse and
changed the words "rapes her" to words like "lay hold on her" or
"seizes her and lies down with her". Other Bibles like the WE
Bible removed this verse completely, which is a total corruption
!.)
One must ask a simple question here, who is really punished,
the man who raped the woman or the woman who was raped? What is
to prevent someone from finding the best looking woman in town,
raping her, telling everyone about it, and then having the courts
force her to be his wife for the rest of her life?
We all hear about "date rapes" here in the US and Europe. If
the Christian groups from the "Army of God" who blow abortion
clinics in the US, or the owners of www.godhatesfags.com ever
rule their churches over the state, then we will see things such
as men brutally raping the women they sexually desire the most on
their dates, then take these women to court and sue them and
prove that they raped them. Then marry them by force, and
continue raping them for the rest of their natural life.
This might sound harsh and mean to you, but in reality, it is
all allowed in the Bible, and this is how it would be if the
church from the Fundamentalist Christians rule over the state. In
the middle centuries, women in the Christian societies had
absolutely no value !!. They were only sex objects controlled and
played with by their masters, the men.
Exodus 21:7-8 "And in case a man should sell his daughter as a
slave girl, she will not go out in the way that the slave men go
out. If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master so that he
doesn't designate her as a concubine but causes her to be
redeemed, he will not be entitled to sell her to a foreign people
in his treacherously dealing with her."
Here in this verse we can see that fathers can easily and
freely sell their daughters as slaves to other men. The other men
are free to rape the daughters if they wish to do so.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12 "And in case men struggle together (in a
fight) with one another, and the wife of the one has come near to
deliver her husband out of the striking one (to save her
husband), and she has thrust out her hand and grabbed hold of his
private (the other man's groin), she must then get both her hands
cut off, and the eyes of the men must feel no sorrow."
One has to ask himself a very simple question here: Why should
the wife who is trying to save her husband from brutal beating by
another man get both her hands cut off? and why should we not
have any mercy on her? Does this sound inspired from God to you?
Be honest with yourself.
Leviticus 21:9 "And the daughter of any priest, if she profane
herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall
be burnt with fire."
Why a priests daughter be burnt in fire just because her
father is a priest if she decides to act like a whore? Is this
fair? Should it make a difference whether or not a girl's father
is a priest or not?
Ecclesiastes 25:22 "Of the woman came the beginning of sin,
and through her we all die." (from the Catholics Bible) Women in
the Bible are considered evil !!!.
Ecclesiasticus 22:3 "....and the birth of ANY daughter is a
loss" (From the New Jerusalem Bible. It's a Roman Catholics
Bible); Roman Catholics today form more than 75% of the
Christians population throughout the world. Why should the Bible
give stupid (with all respect to you) generalizing statements
like that about ALL women?
Leviticus 12:2-5, if a woman gives birth to a baby boy, then
she becomes unclean for 7 days. But if she gives birth to a baby
girl, then she becomes unclean for 14 days. This verse is another
proof that women in the Bible are disliked to be born !.
Ecclesiastics 7:26-28 "And I find more bitter than death the
woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are
chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner
she will ensnare....while I was still searching but not finding,
I found one upright man among a thousand but not one upright
woman among them all". The Bible claims that it is impossible to
find a single good woman among a thousand women.
Let us examine the following two verses from the book
Leviticus:
Let us look at Leviticus 20:15 "If a man has sexual relations
with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the
animal."
Let us look at Leviticus 20:16 "If a woman approaches an
animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and
the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on
their own heads."
Notice that in Leviticus 20:15 the man has to be caught having
sex with an animal in order for him to be put to death. We have
to be sure 100% beyond the shadow of the doubt to kill him.
Notice however in Leviticus 20:16 that if a woman only looks
SUSPICIOUS and not necessarily get caught having sex with an
animal, she would still be put to death. We do not have to be
sure 100% beyond the shadow of the doubt with her in order for us
to kill her.
Hmmm, very interesting !!!! Don't Leviticus 20:15 and
Leviticus 20:16 prove that the Bible prefers to put women to
death whenever an opportunity presents itself?
Further more in the Bible:
Genesis 3:12-16 "And the man (Adam) said, The woman (Eve) whom
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did
eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast
done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every
beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt
thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between
thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman
he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
Leviticus 12:2-5 "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
If a woman have conceived seed, and born a MALE child: then she
shall be unclean SEVEN DAYS; according to the days of the
separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the
eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. And
she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying THIRTY
THREE days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the
sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. But if
she bear a FEMALE child, then she shall be unclean TWO WEEKS, as
in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her
purifying SIXTY SIX days."
Leviticus 15:19-30 "And if a woman have an issue (her
period/menses), [and] her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall
be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be
unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in
her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she
sitteth upon shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed
shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be
unclean until the even. And whosoever toucheth any thing that she
sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water,
and be unclean until the even. And if it [be] on [her] bed, or on
any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be
unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and
her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all
the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if a woman have an
issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation,
or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of
the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her
separation: she [shall be] unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth
all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her
separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as
the uncleanness of her separation. And whosoever toucheth those
things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe
[himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. But if she be
cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven
days, and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day
she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and
bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. And the priest shall offer the one [for] a sin
offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering; and the priest
shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of
her uncleanness."
In other words, the Bible teaches us that:
1)Women should learn in silence and subjugation.
2)Women should not teach.
3)Women should not have authority over men but should remain
silent.
4)Adam and Eve were not equal in sin. Adam was not deceived
but Eve was.
5)Women are commanded to be under obedience to men. God
ordained that men shall for all time rule over women
6)Women must keep silent in Churches. It is shameful for them
to open their mouths therein. If they have a question they should
ask their husbands before going to church and then their husbands
will ask for them in the church.
7)A woman should neither pray nor profess with her head
uncovered.
8)If a woman prays with her head uncovered then she might as
well shave her head.
9)Man was created in the image and glory of God, and Woman was
created in the glory of Man, thus Man must have power over her.
10)Any woman who delivers a male baby shall be unclean for one
week. But any woman who delivers a female baby shall be unclean
for TWO weeks. Thus, females make their mothers DOUBLY unclean as
compared to males.
11)While it is possible to find one upright man in every
thousand, it is impossible to find even one single upright woman
in every thousand
12)Woman is a snare, her heart is a trap, and her hands are
chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but she will
ensnare the sinner.
13)If a woman had her period and touches a chair or a bed or
anything else then that item immediately becomes unclean. Anyone
who then touches those things shall also become unclean. They
must then bathe themselves and wash their clothes because they
have touched an item that a menstruous woman has touched.
What the canonized saints of Christianity said about women:
"Woman is a daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of Hell, the
enemy of peace; through her Adam lost paradise" (St. John
Demascene)
"Woman is the instrument which the devil uses to gain
possession of our souls" (St. Cyprian)
"Woman is the fountain of the arm of the devil, her voice is
the hissing of the serpent" (St. Anthony)
"Woman has the poison of an asp, the malice of a dragon" (St.
Gregory)
St. Tertullian, while he was talking to his 'best beloved
sisters' in the faith, he said, "Do you not know that you are
each an Eve? The sentence of God on this sex of yours lives in
this age: the guilt must of necessity live too. You are the
Devil's gateway: You are the unsealer of the forbidden tree: You
are the first deserter of the divine law: You are she who
persuaded him whom the devil wasn't valiant enough to attack. You
destroyed so easily God's image, man." Once again, St. Augustine
wrote to a friend, "What is the difference whether it is in a
wife or a mother, it is still Eve the temptress that we must
beware of in any woman." Centuries later, St. Thomas Aquinas
still considered women as defective, "As regards the individual
nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force
in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in
the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from a
defect in the active force or from some material indisposition,
or even from some external influence." (all these quotations can
be found in Karen Armstrong's book, The Gospel According to
Woman, London: Elm Tree Books, 1986, pp. 52-62. See also Nancy
van Vuuren, The Subversion of Women as Practiced by Churches,
Witch-Hunters, and Other Sexists Philadelphia: Westminster Press
pp.28-30.)
Orthodox Jewish men in their daily morning prayer recite
"Blessed be God King of the universe that Thou has not made me a
woman." The women, on the other hand, thank God every morning for
"making me according to Thy will" (Thena Kendath, "Memories of an
Orthodox youth" in Susannah Heschel, ed. On being a Jewish
Feminist, New York: Schocken Books, 1983, pp. 96-97)
According to the Jewish Talmud, "women are exempt from the
study of the Torah." In the first century C.E., Rabbi Eliezer
said: "If any man teaches his daughter Torah it is as though he
taught her lechery" (Leonard J. Swidler, Women in Judaism: the
Status of Women in Formative Judaism, Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow
Press, 1976, pp. 83-93)
According to Rabbi Dr. Menachem M. Brayer (Professor of
Biblical Literature at Yeshiva University) in his book 'The
Jewish woman in Rabbinic literature', it was the custom of Jewish
women to go out in public with a head covering which, sometimes,
even covered the whole face leaving one eye free (Psychosocial
Perspective, Hoboken, N.J: Ktav Publishing House, 1986, p. 239).
He quotes some famous ancient Rabbis saying, "It is not like the
daughters of Israel to walk out with heads uncovered" and "Cursed
be the man who lets the hair of his wife be seen....a woman who
exposes her hair for self-adornment brings poverty." Rabbinic law
forbids the recitation of blessings or prayers in the presence of
a bareheaded married woman since uncovering the woman's hair is
considered "nudity" (Ibid., pp. 316-317. Also see Swidler, op.
cit., pp. 121-123). Dr. Brayer also mentions that "During the
Tannaitic period the Jewish woman's failure to cover her head was
considered an affront to her modesty. When her head was uncovered
she might be fined four hundred zuzim for this offense." Dr.
Brayer also explains that veil of the Jewish woman wasn't always
considered a sign of modesty. Sometimes, the veil symbolized a
state of distinction and luxury rather than modesty. The veil
personified the dignity and superiority of noble women. It, also,
represented a woman's inaccessibility as a sanctified possession
of her husband (24. Ibid., p. 139). It is clear in the Old
Testament that uncovering a woman's head was a great disgrace and
that's why the priest had to uncover the suspected adulteress in
her trial by ordeal (Numbers 5:16-18).
St. Tertullian in his famous treatise 'On The Veiling Of
Virgins' wrote, "Young women, you wear your veils out on the
streets, so you should wear them in the church, you wear them
when you are among strangers, then wear them among your
brothers..." Among the Canon laws of the Catholic church today,
there is a law that require women to cover their heads in church
(Clara M. Henning, " Cannon Law and the Battle of the Sexes" in
Rosemary R. Ruether, ed., Religion and Sexism: Images of Woman in
the Jewish and Christian Traditions, New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1974, p. 272.).
Some Christian denominations, such as the Amish and the
Mennonites for example, keep their women veiled to the present
day. The reason for the veil, as offered by their Church leaders,
is "The head covering is a symbol of woman's subjection to the
man and to God" : The same logic introduced by St. Paul in the
New Testament (Donald B. Kraybill, The riddle of the Amish
Culture, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989, p. 56.)
Russian Orthodox women are expected to wear a head covering
when in the church. Most don't outside of it in America, but many
in Russia and many other eastern Orthodox women all over eastern
Europe, Greece, and the middle east do wear scarves on their
heads all the time when in public
These are only a small sampling. For many more similar
quotations please obtain a copy of the 70 page book "Women in
Islam Versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: The Myth &
The Reality," By Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem, World Assembly of Muslim
Youth.
Continuing, according to the Old Testament, a childless widow
must marry her husband's brother, even if he is already married
and regardless of her consent, so that she might bear a child
from him (Deuteronomy 25:5).
According to Numbers 27:1-11, widows and sisters don't inherit
at all. Daughters can inherit only if their deceased father had
no sons.
Women in Islam:
So what is the standpoint of the Qur'an with regard to women?
Women are indeed commanded by Allah to cover their heads and wear
modest clothing, however, in Islam this is not a sign of
denigration or subjugation to men, rather, it is a sign of
chastity, modesty, and the fear of God. It also designates this
woman to all men who might deal with her that she is to be dealt
with with respect. This could be compared to the situation in the
West when one meets a nun or priest, how the nun's habit and the
priest's robes signal those who meet them that this person does
not condone vulgarity of speech or evil actions. This is made
apparent in the Qur'an in Al-Ahzab:
"… that is closer to their being recognized so that they shall
not be abused, and Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful"
Al-Ahzab(33):59 (also see Noor(24):31)
What about the rights of women in Islam? Are they indeed, as
the popular propaganda would have us believe, "second class
citizens"? Let us read the Qur'an:
"And they (women) have rights similar to those of men over
them in a just manner"
The noble Qur'an, Al-Baqarah(2):228
"And their Lord has heard them (and He says): Verily! I suffer
not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. You
proceed one from another. So those who fled and were driven forth
from their homes and suffered damage for My cause, and fought and
were slain, verily I shall remit their evil deeds from them and
verily I shall bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers
flow. A reward from Allah. And with Allah is the fairest of
rewards."
The noble Qur'an, A'al-Umran(3):195.
"And covet not the thing in which Allah has made some of you
excel others. Unto men a fortune from that which they have
earned, and unto women a fortune from that which they have
earned. (Envy not one another) but ask Allah of His bounty.
Verily! Allah is Knower of all things."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):32.
"Unto the men (of a family) belongs a share of that which
parents and near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of
that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it be little
or much, a legal share."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):77.
"And whoso does good works, whether of male or female, and he
(or she) is a believer, such will enter paradise and they will
not be wronged the dint in a date stone."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):124.
"And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one
of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they
establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah
and His messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them.
Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Tauba(9):71
"Whosoever does right, whether male or female, and is a
believer, him verily We shall quicken with good life, and We
shall pay them a recompense in proportion to the best of what
they used to do."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nahil(16):97.
"And of His signs is this: He created for you spouses from
yourselves that you might find tranquillity in them, and He
ordained between you love and mercy. Lo, herein indeed are signs
for folk who reflect."
The noble Qur'an, Al-Room(30):21
"Whoso does an ill deed, he will be repaid the like thereof,
while whoso does right, whether male or female, and is a
believer, (all) such will enter the Garden, where they will be
nourished without stint."
The noble Qur'an, Mumin(40):40.
In the Qur'an, both Adam and Eve share the blame for eating
from the tree. This can be seen in the Qur'an in such verses as
Al-Baqarah(2):36, Al-A'araf(7):22-24. They were also both
forgiven by God Almighty for this sin. Actually, in one verse of
the Qur'an (Taha(20):121), Adam is specifically blamed.
Islam encourages spouses to take each other's council and to
seek mutual agreement in matters which affect them, for example,
in the Qur'an, Al-Bakarah(2):233 we read:
"Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years;
(that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty
of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is
upon the father of the child. No one should be charged beyond
their capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of
her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to
suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is
incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father).
If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after)
consultation, it is no sin for them; and if you wish to give your
children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provided that you
pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah,
and know that Allah is Seer of what you do."
Husbands are commanded to treat their wives with kindness and
respect. In Al-Nissa(4)-19 we read
"..But consort with them in kindness, for if you hate them it
may happen that you hate a thing wherein Allah has placed much
good."
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
"The best believers are the best in conduct, and the best of
you are those who are best to their wives."
When Muhammad (pbuh) first became the prophet of Islam, the
Pagans of Arabia had inherited a similar disregard for woman as
had been passed down among their Jewish and Christian neighbors.
So disgraceful was it considered among them to be blessed with a
female child that they would go so far as to bury this baby alive
in order to avoid the disgrace associated with female children.
Through the teachings of Islam, Muhammad (pbuh) put a swift
and resounding end to this evil practice. Not only did he
severely discourage and condemn this act but he also used to
teach them to respect and cherish their daughters and mothers as
partners and sources of salvation for the men of their family:
AbuSa'id al-Khudri narrated:
"The Prophet (pbuh) said: If anyone cares for three daughters,
disciplines them, marries them, and does good by them, he will
enter Paradise."
(Narrated by Abu-Dawood)
Abdullah the son of Abbas narrated:
"The Prophet (pbuh) said: If anyone has a female child, and
does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer his male
children over her, Allah will bring him into Paradise."
(Narrated by Abu-Dawood)
Muhammad (pbuh) is also sited in "Sahih Muslim" as saying:
"Whoever maintains two girls till they attain maturity, he and
I will come on the Day of Resurrection like this; and he joined
his fingers".
In other words, if one loves the messenger of Allah and wishes
to be with him on the day of resurrection in heaven, then they
should do good to their daughters.