Show me the passage that grants men in general authority over women in general.Utter nonsense you say?
No, IT IS BIBLICAL!
Have ye not read how Abigail behaved herself towards David BEFORE she was married to him? Bowing down before him and calling him “lord”?
“And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.” (1 Samuel 25:23-24)
The Bible has more than a handful of examples like this. Look at how Ruth behaved herself towards Boaz:
“Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.” (Ruth 2:10-13)
The state of Christianity is in shambles these days. Soo many Bibles and so little readers…
You realize, right, that your view makes rape not a crime? Is that consistent with what you have in mind?
Much love!