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- From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
- Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
- Subject: Re: Who wrote the bible?
- Message-ID: <ksand-161192171951@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:19:30 GMT
- References: <BxsEx5.3zt@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> <74954@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- In article <74954@hydra.gatech.EDU>, rpitts@emperor.gatech.edu (Richard
- Pitts) wrote:
- > |This raises the question of the apostles, were there only 12 or were there in fact
- > |24 but 12 were female and therefore because of the sexist view at that time they
- > |weren't mentioned.
- >
- > Women are mentioned throughout the NT as being actively involved. In Acts 2-3,
- > we see that the men and the women (approximately 120 of them) were together
- > praying in the upper room, while they waited for the Holy Spirit to come.
- >
- > Jesus first appeared to women. There was a gang of women that followed Jesus.
- > Paul spoke to groups of women often and women are often mentioned in Paul's
- > closing - the women had churches in their houses.
-
- C'mon Richard, both you and I know of what Paul thought about women
- as leaders of the Church. Don't try to paint a pretty picture over
- the real views Paul had about women (including marriage that was
- a necessary evil for the flesh).
-
- Kent
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