Thursday, November 5, 2009
♥ God loves his daughters
THREE down, two to go...
hbio was okay.. could have been better. i don't think i did as well as i needed to do... but it was alright.
chemistry is tomorrow. and to be honest that is the most feared one *burn burn burn*
anyways. dropped by the chinese shop today and picked up some study snacks :)
i think it was ry or her mum who showed me you could get seaweed crackers from the chinese shop.. LOVE. i first tried them when miyako's mum sent us some from japan!!!
hawflakes. always been a fav since childhood.
anyways. nathan from sma gave me two books today. i exchanged it for my Dreaming With God book (which i still haven't finished reading, but plan on borrowing from someone from church *cough* so i can these holidays...) so he could read it.
these are the two books he gave me.
and well, you see.. during sma we (or should i say i) got into a heated debate on the topic of women. women's role in the church. women's role in a marriage...
and not to say i'm a feminist (even though some people think so) but i really disagreed with much of what he had to say. after discussing such issues with my pastor and some of the female leaders in my church who gave me a better understanding of the context and their intepretations of the passages... i so totally agree with them, and not nathan, and i still stand by my view of women's roles in both the church and in a marriage...
but you know. i must be more... open. you see when i first heard all these things that nathan was saying, it got me really angry. like how can people STILL think like that in today's society?! women have rights too! God loves females as much as He loves males!
But yes. Even though i think i'm right, it needs to be assessed on a more objective level. And i must not be so one sided or else everything i look at will support my hypothesis - confirmation bias.
anyways. first impressions of this book. i'm a bit iffy about them. just by the TITLES and the COVER. but yes. must not judge a book by it's cover. and will get into them once exams are over. and attempt to look at it objectively.
anyways. here are the major points that nathan and bev brought up from their intepretation of the passages... which i disagree with and will examine in context with the help of my pastor, leaders and of course, God.
* note: the following statements might get you angry. because they got me angry. but yes... i will be coming back at a later date (after some epic research and lotsa prayer) to shed some light on what i think is actually the right intepretation.. because i really don't think they've got it right =/ *
- women should not have authority over men in the church. includes pastoring, leadership etc.
- women are more succeptible to sin
- women are the spiritually weaker partner in a relationship
- some people are pre-destined to hell
- you can't change God's will
- the theory of Kelvinism
- that verse that talks about "submission"
okay, that's it for now.
it's time for home and away... :)
6:59 PM
