Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: David.Anderson@cs.cmu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should a wife work outside the home? Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 90 08:44:17 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Lynn (wife of David), here. > Excerpts from netnews.soc.religion.christian: 23-Oct-90 Re: Should a > wife work outs.. Gary Hipp@crash.cts.com (969) > This one should provide some interaction for quite some time. The > most quoted Biblical support will most probably come from Titus 2:5. > "...to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to > their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored." > NASB. > Much to the regret of the feminists, the Bible has distinct roles and > authority lines for men and women. The difficulty lies with the > subjective aspect of the woman's role which is usually contrasted > against the responsibility of the man's role. The intention is that > it is to work together as one, not apart individually. I don't think the "workers at home" phrase is definitive by any stretch of the imagination. Women working outside the home *are also* "workers at home"--carrying the brunt of responsibility for all household chores, child-rearing, etc. "Working together as one" is an ideal to which we aspire, but consistently fail to attain, IMHO. > For the ladies who take offense, remember, there is more power in > influence than there is in authority. That's a nice-sounding thought, but it seems to have very little grounding in reality. Women's "influence" (as opposed to having direct access to authority or power) has been unable to stop wars, pass much family-supportive legislation, etc. The only time in recent history that women have had "influence" has been when they have utilized *power* through grass-roots organizing and other non-traditional means.