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To: Askel5
They have lowered themselves from their lofty pedestals and sacrificed their natural moral superiority to men on the altar of equality and choice.

Good informative article, but the above bolded phrase is unsupported and out of place. Jesus elevated women from non-person status up to an equal moral footing with men..."There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

12 posted on 01/24/2003 5:21:23 AM PST by Drawsing
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To: Drawsing
I think you may be confused by his used of "moral".

It was indeed "moral" for Christ to recognize the dignity not only of women but also of children, the poor, the dying. (A good post in that respect is this one: What are We ... Spouse, Child, Citizen ... to Make of Christ?).

But he refers, I believe, to the fact women are -- generally speaking -- more forgiving, more tolerant, more compassionate, more Christ-like than men. Prior to their being massaged by post-war Madison Avenue into becoming Shop-a-holics bent on obtaining every possible Labor-Saving Gadget to make their lives easier, it's true they were more often fixed on things not of this world.

Their unique opportunity for utter selflessness that is motherhood is a primary reason for this, IMHO. It is their inheritance as part of the natural division of labor between men and women as written in the very first cell of every human being. It is for the male to compete in the world and provide shelter, income, defense for the family while women must organize the home AND the children ... through the practice of ritual, instilling of discipline and formation of virtues and principles, among them belief in God, respect for the father's authority, feminine modesty, male respect for women and so forth.

13 posted on 01/24/2003 8:50:02 AM PST by Askel5
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To: Drawsing
Another example from Christ's own life might be the differnce between Mary Magdalene's washing Jesus's feet with her tears of remorse and drying them with her hair whilst the men jockeyed for position at table and argued about who Christ loved the most.
14 posted on 01/24/2003 8:52:08 AM PST by Askel5
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