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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As some others have pointed out, the rest of the verse says in no uncertain terms that husbands are supposed to serve their wives.   A lot of non-Christians who criticize these verses don’t read the whole passage and do not appreciate what Paul is actually saying.

Also, one of the reasons that Christianity grew so much after the death of Christ was its appeal to women.   It’s really important to keep in mind the cultural context of the Greco-Roman world, which was nothing at all like we have today.   Women basically had zero legal  rights and it was assumed that men could and should cheat on their wives and there was nothing that the woman could *really* do about it.  Even if she could technically get a divorce, she couldn’t get a job.   Men had all of the power and acted accordingly.  Also, infanticide was very common back then especially for female babies and that was particularly heartbreaking for mothers.

Christians came along and said the complete opposite on all of these fronts — men and women are completely equal before Christ; that men should not cheat on their wives; that excessive lust is wrong; that female infanticide was wrong; that it is OK if women do not want to get married at all; and when women become widows it was the responsibility of the church to take care of them and provide for them — previously widows were not cared for at all and usually just left to wither away.

My point is this — we can fixate on this one line from Paul that is being taken out of context to argue that Christians are “anti-women” or you can look at the entire context of what was happening at the time and why Christianity was RADICALLY different — and why it was so appealing to women back then and for many women today as well.

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Yes, but pastors use this to preach that women should submit to their husbands. They don't care about the rest of the verse or the larger context if Christianity. Today's Christianity is not good for women.[/quote]

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