If you want to find fault with The Bible, you should provide an alternate which is better, not with the same (perceived) denigration.
Which part of Bible denigrates women?-that women is a part of man or women and men are bound in matrimony unto death?
If you can not differentiate between parables/allegories and philosophy one can only pity you.
First read the Bible;well,it is too much to ask of you as you seem to be doing everything in the University except studying.
A healthy and inquiring mind would have searched for a better system of Philosophy and religion,but not a sick mind obsessed with porn.
Believers, do not give them any recognition for them or for their acts.Best to treat them with indifference.
One more question in what respect do you want women to be respected more than what is given in the Bible?
By allowing them to be flirts, with loose morals , drink ,smoke pot, go in for Divorce, leave children and family ?
Woman occupies most precious position in a society, that is of a Mother.
This has been stressed in the Bible.
Well. You can wake up a Man who is asleep, not one who pretends to be asleep.
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Story:
A stand set up by students on the college campus of the University of San Antonio, Texas, caused quite a stir last week: a group of atheist students were giving out free porn magazines and books in exchange for…bibles.
Their message: the way women are portrayed in Holy Scriptures is as degrading as it is in porn literature, so why not trade ‘smut for smut’? Needless to say, Christian students on campus were unimpressed by the initiative.
"Some see me as a kind of antichrist"
We founded our group five years ago, and every year we organise the ‘smut for smut’ campaign. This year the event got more attention than ever: after just three days, we had collected 42 bibles, two Korans and several other sacred texts, including a sort of satanist bible. We ended up running out of porn magazines to trade them against! The campaign also got a lot of media attention, including in the foreign press.
Our goal isn’t to shock or offend people but to get them thinking: why are women portrayed in such a misogynistic way in so many religious texts? The Bible is full of excuses used by society to belittle women, it’s just as bad as porn in that sense. So, for us, inviting students to trade bibles against porn is a way of pointing out the flaws in religious texts.
Things sometimes got tough on campus. Never violent, but Christian students took the initiative really badly. There were a couple of arguments, but also a lot of genuine, interesting debates. Some students now see me as a kind of new antichrist, which I think is kind of funny.
This video posted on YouTube shows the members of Atheist Agenda carrying Bible for Porn signs. At 2’16, one of them reads a passage from the Bible that he considers sexist. Christian students respond by chanting "Jesus will set you free!"
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I have not said any where that The Bible is the word of God.What I say is that in self enquiry you examine thoughts and if acceptable you may hold it.], not necessary all thoughts need be yours.Take the best out of anything.
My personal conviction is that Reality in immanent, all pervasive , beyond thoughts,attributes and does nor do things because we want .it is indifferent as the principle of Gravity.The Truth is within You and if you enquire deeply you shall realise it;you may call it by any name,Science as well .
God has more business to attend to than proving His existence or granting your personal wishes.Christianity was started as a social movement by a rebel and later was gives religious fervor by Constantine to consolidate Roman Empire .He organised The Old testament and also created the spiritual office of Pope , converted himself to Christianity and became the temporal authority of the Christians with hand picked Pope.
The old testament was compiled after Jesus?? Anyway, no it is not wise to pick and choose what one wants to believe from the bible. If that is what you are doing, then you can’t claim the bible is the word of god nor can you claim it is all good and the result is you are rewriting the bible. IOW, what use is it?
I am not in agreement with what they are doing but the bible in unquestionably smut. read Song of Solomon and Ezekiel 23 and it is clear as a bell. The book of Genesis itself has 10 instances of incest in it like it’s a textbook on how to commit incest. It even contains instructions on how to rape women and also how to rape your own sister and your own father. As I said I don’t agree with what they are doing but the bible is worse than porn. At least porn doesn’t glorify genocide like the bible does.
You are Right.One must remember that The Old testament was compiled nearly after 300 years after Christ, Interpolations are possible ,including of Christ and His teachings as well.Of great significance is Sermon on The Mount which gives one an insight into Reality,The Bible not withstanding the portions you have mentioned which are most likely vivid imaginations, sets a code of conduct for Simple living and high thinking, as made out in the Ten Commandments.An immoral act might have been described vividly,possibly imaginary to drive home that Moral Values stand good in the long run.Even assuming Bible promotes immoral behavior, it is wise to take what is good and leave the rest.No juvenile acts as the one we are speaking about.
That is my point