Female Bishops face controversy in England
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4275131.ece
This article highlights one of the largest problems with modern religion – the inequality between men and women. The Christian church as a whole has been shown to be particularly biased in it’s view of gender. The effects of such can be found in Focus on the Family, and the entirely of the work by James Dobson, just as another example. The familial philosophy teaches the dominance of men over women in a household, and undermines the rights of the female spouse. Amazingly, female evangelical Christians often support this program, seemingly looking forward to being subjugated. Not being a feminist, I have to ask why feminist women force themselves into a religion that is decidedly sexist? That’s not to say all feminists desire to be Christian, however women realize the discrepancy in gender equality within Christianity, and attempt to redesign the religion through feminist bible workshops and similar means, instead of abandon it in favor of building a new, equal, church. Separating Christianity from the Father and the Son is essentially impossible- it removes the originally intended meaning, how can it be translated dogmatically? Why not create an equivalent but separate system of belief?
