If we do not use a dictionary for definitions of words we use, what user are dictionaries or the words, for that matter?
The Bible is chock full of passages that, to me, are sexist (I find it odd how it says the woman must be submissive to the man, but not the reverse). Modern Christians sem to be trying to apply different meanings to the words used for centuries to make these passages less offensive. In many Christian denominations, a woman cannot be a preacher, pastor, or whatever word you want to use for the 'head of the church' because the Bible states that (and I may have the exact wording wrong, but I think it gets the meaning across) a woman cannot hold dominion over a man. I never understood why a woman would willingly want to be part of a group whose 'rule book' basically states they are not equal to men, and that they, as women, could never hold a position of authority in the group. And this goes for more than just Christianity. On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "You can try to twist the meaning of the word any way you want. I will stick > with the dictionary definitions, and not definitions from someone trying to > make their 'Holy Book' seem less sexist." > > Just wonder if you stick with the dictionary definition for other things > when it is inconvenient or contradicts something you want to support. > > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - > Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go > out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
