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?

[Composer]

To make what's open for debate clear:

1) What benefits does Christianity offer to women?

Here's a few examples I can think of straight away -

a) Social outings?
b) Opportunity to belong to a club where hopefully no drugs or alchohol or violence etc. are present? (Unfortunately however history has shown that trinitarians were extremely violent, cruel and malicious against those that wouldn't accept their trinitarian ' god of love? '.)
c) Not likely to be beaten for the slightest thing like denying their husbands sex as do the Muslems against their wives.
d) Unlikely to meet terrorists that want to blow you up!
e) In theory, co-equal opportunities per Gal. 3:28-29 shown below!
f) Opportunity to learn false beliefs regarding the contents of a Story book and discuss them in an incestuous back slapping environment! (incestuous. 2. having relationships restricted to a particular group or organization. Source: Pocket Oxford Dictionary)

2) Does any scripture exist to support women being equal to man?

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:28-29) KJV Story book

i.e. NO gender inequality for proven genuine believers, according to Story book bible!

[Flail]

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?

Christianity offers women the opportunity to worship an all powerful male God who violated the womb of a virginal teenager for purposes of impregnation; whose chosen few disciples were all male and whose supposed earthly representatives (the Church) are governed by an enormously wealthy, untaxed all boys club over populated with pedophiles.

[1213]

1) What benefits does Christianity offer to women?

Love

2) Does any scripture exist to support women being equal to man?

A person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female, because all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28

[Mithrae]

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?

Christianity offers women the opportunity to worship an all powerful male God who violated the womb of a virginal teenager for purposes of impregnation; whose chosen few disciples were all male and whose supposed earthly representatives (the Church) are governed by an enormously wealthy, untaxed all boys club over populated with pedophiles.

Please provide evidence that Mary was a teenager, and evidence that her womb was 'violated.' I gather that in many modern societies writing false accusations is known as libel, and I've also heard the term "innocent until proven guilty" on occasion. So naturally your evidence would be appreciated.

Could you also define 'over populated' - how many pedophiles do we need before it's safe to declare any given institution "over populated with pedophiles"? Again, little terms like defamation or vilification are just things I've picked up in a general sort of way, nothing I know about in any kind of legal sense, as it were.

[JehovahsWitness]

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?

As a female Christian I feel I'm in a position to answer this from a personal point of view.

Essentially it offers women, the same thing it offers men, a hope for the future and the chance to enjoy a personal relationship with God. Jesus explained that Christianity would satisfy a "spiritual need" and render those conscious of it, "happy" and this is the case regardless of if one is male or female.

The bible presents men and women as being different and definitely having different roles in the family and congregational arrangement, but this difference does not imho mean they are not equal in the sight of God.

Source material:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20051108a/article_01.htm

[Slopeshoulder]

Please provide evidence that Mary was a teenager,

I can't provide detailed exegetical evidence, but I was taught in undergrad religion classes in a sectarian school and again in seminary that Mary would have been a teenager, like all brides at the time, possibly and even likely as young as 13. This appears to be supported by a non controversial consensus.

and evidence that her womb was 'violated.'

- if from God, her pregnancy was announced as a fait accompli, without her consent.
- if from man, there are theories based on linguistic analysis (a word I forget for Jesus as a disaproved outsider) that Mary may have been impregnated by an undesirable, likley a Roman. And likely raped. Which, like teen brides, was also common among a subjucated people. But there is not consensus here. I have no opinion. Although I've always respected people who had the passion to seek sex premaritally, so maybe that was it. Ever-virgin is such a downer.

I gather that in many modern societies writing false accusations is known as libel, and I've also heard the term "innocent until proven guilty" on occasion. So naturally your evidence would be appreciated.

You can't libel a dead person or a mythical god character in a piece of literature.
But nonetheless, evidence is provided.

I do think Flail sorta misses the point of the myth however. Hey, the buddha's mom was said to be impreganated by the trunk of an elephant god, which couldn't have been fun!

[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?

As a female Christian I feel I'm in a position to answer this from a personal point of view.

Essentially it offers women, the same thing it offers men, a hope for the future and the chance to enjoy a personal relationship with God. Jesus explained that Christianity would satisfy a "spiritual need" and render those conscious of it, "happy" and this is the case regardless of if one is male or female.

The bible presents men and women as being different and definitely having different roles in the family and congregational arrangement, but this difference does not imho mean they are not equal in the sight of God.

Source material:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20051108a/article_01.htm

As a female Christian, do you feel equal to the male counterparts? Or are you aware of any scripture that actually gives women equality? I am quite familiar with scripture and am aware of a few vague passages that refer to women and men being "one" with Christ, but it seems to me that the few vague passages tend to be followed by passages about submission and ownership or lack of rights for 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?

Christianity offers women the opportunity to worship an all powerful male God who violated the womb of a virginal teenager for purposes of impregnation; whose chosen few disciples were all male and whose supposed earthly representatives (the Church) are governed by an enormously wealthy, untaxed all boys club over populated with pedophiles.

Wan't Mary informed by an angel that she was to carry Christ and did she not consent to said impregnation? I am not sure about the teenage part but I seem to recall her consenting to the plan. I have to go review the actual passages, but I am pretty sure about that.

[Confused]

1) What benefits does Christianity offer to women?

Love

Owned by men is love? Stoning to death is love? I guess I am trying to determine how Christianity offers love to a woman.

2) Does any scripture exist to support women being equal to man?

A person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female, because all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28

We are all one in Christ Jesus, a man by all accounts, correct?