What does Christianity offer women?

[Confused]

In Another thread I asked if Christianity discriminated against women. The responses have sort of led to another issue that I find perplexing. What exactly is it about Christianity that is attractive to women? Does it have any benefits to the female species?

To make what's open for debate clear:

1) What benefits does Christianity offer to women?
2) Does any scripture exist to support women being equal to man?

[Mithrae]

Mithrae wrote:

At least (I hope), you've set aside the pretense of 'realistic and objective' thinking

Of course there is "meaning" to the story. I objected to looking at it in a religious context and deriving religious meaning from it. I insisted on interpreting it purely as a fictional description of events and then interpreting those events in terms of human morality as understood today. My "legalistic" description was an attempt to separate the story from its religious context and interpret it purely in mundane human terms.

John

No worries. What I objected to (as I'm sure you and the whole world realises despite my subtlety ) was the claim that applying terms like 'pimp' and 'prostitution' was an objective approach, never mind realistic.

If you believe that - her consent and an absense of sexual intercourse notwithstanding - it is immoral to conceive a child in a woman who's engaged to someone else, that's fair enough as far as opinions go. Certainly many people would agree with you.

Of course (just playing Devil's advocate here) since Luke describes Mary's agreement and Matthew describes Joseph's... I wonder how your moral stance on this conception, by a woman who wasn't yet even married, applies to couples using IVF treatment with chromosomes from a male who is not the other male (or, in some cases, female) in the relationship?


It just seems strange to me that often folk who, generally not being religious, I might expect to have a more broad-minded approach to morality and the like, sometimes have such black-and-white perspectives on incidents in the bible!

[otseng]

So poo on you!

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