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From: judy@altair.la.locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer)
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Subject: Re: Feminism & Religion
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Date: 26 Oct 90 01:21:31 GMT
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In article <9010191803.AA14586@liberty.cs.columbia.edu> travis@liberty.cs.columbia.EDU (Travis Lee Winfrey) writes:

>I'm not a Christian either, obviously, but I can say that Jesus'
>gender did not completely determine his message.  A female Jesus could
>have said Love thy neighbor as yourself.  Even though one didn't,
>there's nothing wrong in considering it as an important message.

I agree with your posting, but want to point out that since it was an
androcentric society in which Jesus preaching, a female would not have
been heard.

Also, a lot has been said about the lack of women in the Bible.  But
there were Mary, Mary Magdeline, and Martha.  They were part of Jesus'
life and treated with respect.  Jesus preached to the world as it was
at that time.  He saved a woman from being stoned for being a
prostitute.  He talked to a woman at the well (Philistine?) whom his
society considered an outcast.

God sent the best messenger to deliver the message.  In an
androcentric society, that messenger had to be male to be heard.  If
you want to argue that Paul was a chauvanist, I will agree.  But to
brand Christianity as counterproductive to feminism is to ignore the
basic core of Christianity - the teachings of Jesus.

Judy