Bruce,
Always the peacemaker!! I hope you ladies are not going to let him off
with that!
Warmest Regards
John
At 10:36 13/10/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear All,
> At a risk of upsetting the hippy feminist fever, I'd like to
>point out that sin in society is not the result of its maleness only. I have
>four children - two of whom I saw being born, one by Barnes forceps
>delivery - and so I love midwives but I don't think they can necessarily
>rule the world, though they may correct it at times (Exod 1).
>
>There may be real truths in the last few exchanges, but I don't think we
>should become sentimentally simplistic. If you read Acts 19 the goddess
>cultures of the Mediterranean were not without their '(in)human' problems. I
>feel this sort of approach can degenerate into a kind of sexist hysteria,
>the feminine version of a Gentleman's Club wondering if the world's problems
>can be put down to these pesky women they want to keep out by rules. I don't
>think, Carolyn, that the world will become a better place by objectifying in
>OTHERS the sin we ALL have. I am a man as Providence would have it
>("different plumbing", my GP's wife once said) and I struggle with the
>present society's selfishness which is contrary to the Bible's teaching,
>propounded over the ages by men too. If we are to find a cure for the ills
>of society it will not be by the delusion that one sex can bear the blame
>for both.
>
>So ladies, can we have more of the (quite good) spiritual light and less of
>the (divergent) politicised heat?
>
>Bruce.
>
>
>
Dr. John Swinton
Department of Divinity with Religious Studies
King's College
University of Aberdeen
ABERDEEN
AB24 3UB
UK
Tel: 01224273224
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Fax: 01224273750
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