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To: mockingbyrd

“Why do they hate women so much?”

I have a personal theory about that - but it goes back to Biblical times.

Abraham and his wife, Sarah, had been promised a child, but no child was born to them after 25 years. Sarah gave her husband permission to lay with her handmaiden - and she conceived a child. The handmaiden’s first born son was presumed to be entitled to his father’s (Abraham’s) entire inheritance - which was the rule during that time. However, shortly after Ishmael was born, Sarah became pregnant and her son was born. Because Sarah was married to Abraham, it was Sarah’s son who was entitled to the interitance.

What followed was a continual harassment by Ishmael against Issac .. telling Issac he was not entitled to the inheritance .. and Ishmael continued to physically attack Issac.

Ishmael (and the other males within their group), were always telling the handmaiden that she needed to demand the interitance for her son - since he was born before Issac. But .. she was too weak and it angered her son that she would not defend his birthright.

When Sarah had finally had enough of the attacks against Issac, she demanded that Abraham put Ishmael and his mother out of the camp. Even though God told Ishmael’s mother that thru her son there would arise a great nation, Ismael was not just angry with his mother, he was angry with Sarah too, because she had also kept him from receiving his inheritance.

This story is plainly visable within the scriptures, and it has always facinated me as being the reason most Arabic nations treat their women so disgracefully. It’s also always reminded me of the true hatred against the Jewish nation for not recognizing Ishmael as the son who was entitled to the inheritance.

But .. it’s just my personal theory.


23 posted on 11/28/2009 12:32:16 PM PST by CyberAnt (Michael Yon: "The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq.")
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To: CyberAnt

“The true hatred against the Jewish nation for not recognizing Ishmael as the son who was entitled to the inheritance.”? In Rom.9:7-9 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
For this reason Ishmael is not entitled to the inheritance.


28 posted on 11/28/2009 3:19:45 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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