During the debate in the Episcopal Church over whether or not to allow a homosexual bishop, a woman was presenting the argument against allowing a homosexual bishop. She stated that the Bible declares homosexuality to be wrong, which it does. If she really believed what the Bible said than she would have been quiet about church matters. In the New Testament the books of I Corinthians, I Timothy, and Ephesians women are told to just plain submit and do it quietly. In addition to dressing modestly they are to submit to their husbands and God. They are also to remain quiet regarding church matters. How can individuals say this is a book containing God’s divinely inspired word and then only follow sections that are convenient at the moment? Doesn’t that seem slightly off? A tad hypocritical?

In fact women are blamed for the original sin. It was all Eve’s fault that Adam deceived in the first place. Women can redeem themselves by having many children and submitting. Women are evil, shameful, weak and unclean…better to be seen and not heard.

June Cleaver was commiting a sin by wearing pearls. Women are directed not to wear pearls in the book of I Timothy in the Bible. Ellie Mae from “The Beverly Hillbillies” was also committing a sin by braiding her hair.

The New Testament has a quotation that is commonly heard at weddings. It is in the book of I Corinthians and goes like this…”Love is patient, love is kind”… and ends with… “Love never fails”. Most people have heard it, I’m sure. The book of I Corinthians goes on to say that if a woman wants to inquire about something, she should ask her husband at home. It is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Does not sound like women are in good standing with in the religion of Christianity, does it? The Old Testament declares a woman unclean for a week after giving birth to a son and two weeks after giving birth to a daughter. Women are “impure” for 33 days after giving birth to a son and for 66 days after having a baby girl. What’s up with that? I guess boys are preferred over girls. Women are really filthy if they deliver a daughter into the world. Granted this is the Old Testament and certain forms of Christianity decided to only follow the New Testament. How can you say that only half of the Bible is worthy of following? A form of pick and choose christianity?

Just the idea that women were created as an afterthought from a small piece of God’s “special creation,” makes it seem that man is superior to women. How can any woman with any self-esteem believe any of this?

Jackie Wellman, author of Spiritual Clarity, http://www.hoppy.bravehost.com, http://spiritualclarity.blogspot.com

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A friend of mine telephoned me the other day
He said come on up to South Carolina way
I have cases of unused Bibles still in the box
I will give them to you said my friend Mike Cox

I drove I-95 to the other side of Marion Lake
I was thinking unused Bibles for goodness sake
I’ll take those Bibles and pass them around
They need to be used and not in boxes bound

I had a great visit with Mike and his son
They were renovating a motel and having fun
The motel building had been vacant for awhile
The old furniture and fixings made quite a pile

Jonathan Johnson bought the sad looking place
He said I’ll change it and give it a new face
Soon those old rooms will be nice living quarters
Owned by the residents and not rented by boarders

I loaded the cases of Bibles and away I drove
Brought them back home to my pecan grove
I then asked the Lord who to give them to
To the inmates in the local jail I gave a few

Now those Bibles are not collecting dust
People are reading about God in whom I trust
The Word has been bound for far too long
It was good to hear Brother Mike sing a song

Copyright 2005 Irvin L. Rozier , Author of My Walk with the Lord, www.selahbooks.com, ISBN code 1589301137

About the Author

Author, preacher, retired military

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Around the world glaciers are disappearing at a speedier pace than at any year since records were started, reports The Independent. Scientists from the Glacier Monitoring Service, which follows 33 glaciers in eight mountain ranges, approximate that from 1851 to 1968 glaciers shrank at a average pace of 31 centimeters a year. Between 1970 to 1998 the amount retreating climbed to 65 - 85 centimeters per yr. From then the norm has comprised greater than 1 metre per yr. And last season saw the greatest reductions yet of 1.4 meters.

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Chamonix Mont Blanc France, with its big count of glaciers, the results of climate change and the shrinking of glaciers will probably be sharply felt. Possibly this is why numerous companies, as well as several luxury ski operators, and residents seem to be more knowledgeable of the events so therefore seeking to take measures to reduce the carbon footprint. With luck it’s not too belated to arrest the consequences of climate change and insure an environment for our children.

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Sainthood…that title given by the Catholic Church that seems to draw so much criticism from so many denominations. The mere mention of it angers some people. It’s not so much the title itself that draws attention but the dogma that prayer to those saints is helpful to the living. And while opponents of such an idea try to distance themselves from Catholic theology, they miss out on a big benefit of this ‘disagreeable’ doctrine.

As they venture further from Catholicism (like the Church is an embarrassing ancestor that people try to keep in the closet) they stop any real honor of holy men in Church history. The mere study of their devout becomes a sin, and the only ones mentioned in their washed-out history books are the ones who’s only accomplishment was extreme opposition to Catholicism. And ignoring the lives of the saints only leaves them with a terrible void…one that should’ve been filled by an incredible gift from God.

That gift isn’t so much the greatness of men and women who have dedicated their lives to the greater glory of God (and the beneficial fruits that come from this) but the display of diversity within the God’s Church. As we study the life of Jesus (and try to imitate it) there’s always the alluring temptation to give up, because he was God, and not being God, how could we hope to replicate such holiness.

But in the study of saints, we don’t always focus on the man…but on specific characteristics of a man. Pope John Paul II, for example (who’ll no doubt receive the title some day), brought us an attitude of peace and the promotion of a “culture of life”. Yes, he was smart, prayerful, holy, and had all the other markings of a saint. But history (while it might mention these other things) will always point to his accomplishments in the promotion of peace and unity. The Church will always see him as a shining example of what a peaceful man should be. Someone with a weakness for anger will always see his life as source of inspiration.

A quick look through the lives of the saints reveals thousands of such characteristics. St. Thomas Aquinas was the intellectual giant. St. Francis of Assisi showed us how to live a life of poverty. St. Catherine of Sienna reflects a deep love for Christ. St. Bernadette’s simplicity (and obedience) gives us a powerful example of what God can accomplish through unlikely channels.

As each of these saints had prominent virtues in their lives, each of these virtues have a contrasting weakness or tendency that we’re forced to fight throughout our own existence. And that’s why we contemplate on their lives. Not just for example and inspiration, but because they signify that such perfections in virtue are possible…even for someone without a divine nature.

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Many gamblers will likely have seen the phrase “offshore sports betting” recently, though a few may not be totally assured what that represents. A foreign gambling site essentially performs outside of the laws of a single state alternatively it can also mean a machine-accessible gambling site that always has their servers inside a country in which world wide web based gaming isn’t currently illicit. Briefly therefore, it’s a sports gambling establishment operating outside the land of the client. Web based sports betting world wide web sites are all modulated with the help of three assemblies. These are the OSGA (the Offshore Gaming Association), IGC (Interactive Gaming Council) and the Fidelity Trust Gaming Association FTGA.

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The OSGA are an unbiased federation that audits the current offshore gaming industry with the objective to present betting fans an avenue to readily locate reputable sites to play gambling games with. It strives to assure the concerns of consumers, and also they don’t charge any enrollment fees. The OSGA are a proficient not to mention unbiased third party affiliation who assert impartial viewpoints, founded on customer feedback, unprejudiced study, conversations, industry insider tips also delivers inside news.

The Interactive Gaming Council are a not-for-profit administration. The agency has been founded to furnish a forum for worried people to talk over problems and in addition to boost shared interests in the worldwide interactive betting profession, in an effort to establish sincere and also competent business precepts and methods that strive to improve buyer confidence in online betting products and utilities, also to function as the gaming trade’s generic policy counselor and in addition it supplies an information clearinghouse.

The IGC has built up a reputation for dependability, stability and in addition believability on account of the rigid ideals it presents, and also its allure for business concerns of responsible practise. The IGC monitors offshore sports gaming via championing a distinctive 10 point code of behavior and also bills gaming businesses license fees for using their logo. Unfulfilled customers may additionally give an account of their problems to the IGC.

The FTGA was formed in an attempt to compose a standard which will improve the standards of live sports gambling internet sites. The IGC proposerealize that carrying on business entirely with good companies, they can forge a coalition of the most fair and professional overseas gaming companies world-wide. These are agencies which regulate the transactions of online gaming and which should with time work to take the edge off some of the trepidation due to the apprehension felt by gambling buffs. World wide web based gambling web sites are consistently harmless, since individual details should not be needed and also the rewards and the betting odds should be as uniform and honest as your familiar Vegas-type bet. They eliminate traveling time, but retain of a casino, only these days you can gamble at your own desk.

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