Replies to '12/28 Wifestyles'
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October 8, 2005, 5:33 pm PDT
 Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS I just wanted to say AMEN sister!! It is so nice to see someone standing up for God's word. The bible is the only truth we have. Ive been married 9 years and we are still a work in progress, but i believe with God's guidance we will build a strong marriage. God created us FROM man FOR man...we would be nothing without each other....doesnt mean we are to be mistreated or walked all over...we are to love and we are to be loved. We stay at home moms have the most difficult and most important job in the world....GOD BLESS US!! |
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October 8, 2005, 9:31 pm PDT
Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS The Bible was written by human beings. Some said they were told what to write by God. Other people have said they were told things directly by God, yet they are considered crazy. I questioned what my parents raised me as (Catholic) because the church teaches that God hates some people and loves others. We are to tolerate those people even though they are going to hell, only many people do live with hatred in their hearts. God doesn't need us to go to church and tell our "sins" to another human being, he wants us to look up toward him and tell him ourselves. I was made the same way man was. God had the design for women from the female god that sits beside him. You belittle women and put yourself in a lower place just saying that aloud. The God most of us were taught about is vengeful, but that is not true. There is a hell, but it is on Earth. I'll see you on the other side. BTW, I was using the bible reference as an example of how we learn to believe things are true. I wasn't implying that all god fearing folk are still backwards in the household. |
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October 10, 2005, 12:09 pm PDT
Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS You know exactly what you're saying! It is great to see someone standing up for the Bible, and demonstrating its truth. I'm a recent college graduate, and newlywed. I'm still learning about being a good wife, as my husband is learning to be a good husband, but we're learning together, working together and hoping to start a family together soon. In college I took a class about Christian marriage, and we spent an entire unit on the Genesis passage describing the creation of man and woman. Woman was created from man, but taken from his side so as to be a helper, not subordinate or the sole leader. When we do have a family, I probably will stay home. However, this is only because it works out better for us financially -- if he made less money than I did, he would stay home and take care of the kids and the house. As I make less than he does, that responsibility is going to be mine. |
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October 10, 2005, 10:44 pm PDT
Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS I agree! Far too often, Christians have been given a bad name. We are stereotyped as believing 'God says women should be doormats', but that's not true. Granted, there are a few backslidden churches that do say that (I know of a particularly bad one in my town), but the only reason they say that is because they never took the time to read what God really has to say about women. First off, let's look at Deborah in Judges 4. Deborah came from Eve, who came from Adam's rib, and she was a great Judge of Israel. She had a husband named Lappidoth, but he was a good guy; the Bible never says anything about him trying to overthrow his wife's leadership because he felt threatened. The Bible says Deborah "was a prophet who had become a judge in Israel. She would hold court under the Palm of Deborah, which stood between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephriam, and the Israelites came to her to settle their disputes." In a culture where male supremacy and polygyny was common, God went against culture and put a woman in the highest leadership position in that country. Yes, woman came from Adam's rib, but that doesn't diminish the value of women. Just because a few churches claim 'women are doormats' doesn't mean God sees women that way. Secondly, let me adress the quote you quoted: "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." Deborah wasn't the only woman in the Bible who did great things for God. Some lesser-known Bible women were Huldah (II Kings 22:14-20), Phoebe (Romans 16:1), Anna (Luke 2:25-38), Priscilla (Acts 18:24-26), Miriam (Exodus 15:20), and Philip's daughters (Acts 21:9). Some were married, some were single, and in some cases the Bible doesn't mention their marital status. The point is, these women were teachers and leaders because God wanted them to be. They weren't waiting around "being told what to do by [their men]." They had their own lives to live; they had God-given purposes. I seriously doubt their husbands were trying to turn them into slaves. Just because we're Jesus freaks doesn't mean we let men walk all over us. |
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October 11, 2005, 2:36 pm PDT
Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS You seem unable to comprehend how woman could have come about if not by man's rib-- as though that's a perfectly reasonable explanation for our existance. sigh... I was not made from a man and you were not made from a man. The Bible is a book of fables written by men thousands of years ago in an attempt to explain the world around them and to control the masses. And from what I've read in some of these postings so far, it's still working after all these years! Thousands of years ago, a bunch of men got sick of being asked, "Where did people come from? Why is a pig called a pig? How come childbirth is painful?" so they decided to MAKE IT UP and write it down. All those stories were compiled and there you have it: the Bible. The same men wanted women to be subservient and didn't like homosexuals, so they told everyone that their "creator" felt that way and would punish anyone who deviated from those rules. See? That's how every religion and belief system started. The Bible was (and still is) a very very clever tool for controlling people. Instill enough fear in people that they will enter some horrific pit of fire and misery if they don't conform to a bunch of arbitrary rules, and they'll do just about anything to avoid going to that imaginary place. Religious fundamentalists would rather close their minds and convince themselves that a man LIVED IN A WHALE for a few days than think about the possibility of "hell." Many stories in the Bible are wise and beautiful parables, but they are not true stories meant to be taken literally. If people would wake up to that fact and start using the potentially reasonable, brilliant minds they have, this world would be a much more fair and loving place. |
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December 29, 2005, 3:20 pm PST
Quote From: luvnmykids
I am in no way trying to start an arguement with anyone. I was just a little bothered by one of your remarks. "IF you honestly believe everything you read, for instance that woman was actually made from Adam's rib, then maybe you don't have a problem being told what to do by your man." I do firmly believe this because it is in the BIBLE. And I wholeheartedly believe the bible. With that said, I am in no way a doormat to my husband. I choose to do all the laundry and cook all the meals but that is because I stay home with our kids. It's the least I can do for him. But when he gets home if I haven't felt well or had a rough day and dinner isn't made there is definitely no fights. He is more than willing to come home and make dinner or at least help with making dinner. He understands that just because I am a "Stay at home MOM" doesn't mean I sit around all day and watch soaps or the DR Phil show. I actually record the show and watch it later in the night while I am in bed. And just another note...Woman actually means.."from man" so yes dear you were made from man. God created Eve WITH Adam's rib. If you weren't made from man what were you made from?? Just a question. I am happy that you are married to a caring individual and that he is willing to help. But just because I believe what you don't doesn't mean that My husband isn't willing to help. He is more than willing. We share all the household cleaning equally. Yes during the week I keep the house neat and clutter free, but come the weekend we are BOTH cleaning the house. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage and GOD BLESS This post absolutely terrifies me. The U.S. is certainly far behind other developed nations that know about evolution and aren't religious fanatics who believe that the Bible should be interpreted literally. You're insane if you truly believe that there really was an Adam and Eve and that she came from his rib. You're no less ignorant than some forest native who believes in rain gods & thinks sacrifices will end droughts.
I do believe that if a woman stays at home she makes a better mother. I think if you're simply a wife, that shouldn't be the reason why you stay at home while your husband works. You should be doing something with your time. But if you're a mother, it is certainly better if you stay home with your kids. It is a very difficult job as it is, and mothers who work just do not put as much as they need to into their kids. I think the importance of the relationship between mother and child is more important with regard to a wife staying home than the relationship between the wife & husband. If it was just a wife & husband, it would be perfectly reasonable in this day and age for the wife to work, because she doesn't have the burdensome chores that women had back in the day in order to keep the house clean, the firewood gathered, the gardens hoed, etc. Modern convenience allows women the free time to work outside the home, BUT when there are children in the picture, I think a mother should be there for her kids as much as possible & when women try to be superwomen, they end up being mediocre at both, or neglecting one thing to do better at the other.
And by the way, evolution explains all of this, if any of you who don't "believe in" it actually would bother to go educate yourselves beyond the "humans came from monkeys" thing that you're all so offended by. Human behavior can be explained very thoroughly through evolution, animal behavior, etc. Oh yeah, and we're all animals too. Even your bible-thumping can be explained by animal behavior and evolutionary science. We haven't moved as far beyond the rest of the animal kingdom as many ignorant religious fanatics would like to think. |
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