Comments on: and if anyone is still spreading the rumour she was a prostitute, i’ll be really pissed… http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/ an alternative worship project Fri, 18 May 2012 01:47:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christina http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-83676 Christina Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:39:14 +0000 http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/alternative/?p=1311#comment-83676 Thanks for your thoughts on this Cheryl. Thanks for your thoughts on this Cheryl.

]]> By: Mavis http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-83673 Mavis Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:11:34 +0000 http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/alternative/?p=1311#comment-83673 I am also continually pissed off by this stuff I am also continually pissed off by this stuff

]]> By: Tyler Dawn http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-83672 Tyler Dawn Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:16:26 +0000 http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/alternative/?p=1311#comment-83672 Oh come on, don't be an apologist, women only commit sexual sins, didn't you know that? Seriously, I love how the bible says this or that man has lived a lifetime of sin and we accept that at face value, but if it is a woman then she was a prostitute. Not that she maybe was a shameless gossip, or just a viscious person, or just a garden variety like most. It always chaps my hide that Mary Magdalene is described as a woman who supported Jesus' ministry out of her own pocket, and besides having 7 demons cast out of her, nothing more is mentioned but everyone assumes she is the woman caught in adultery. Huh? Dang that is a big stretch. Now I was never a prostitute, but if I were annointing the Lord's feet, I would need no other reason other than adoration to be sobbing uncontrollably. Oh come on, don’t be an apologist, women only commit sexual sins, didn’t you know that?

Seriously, I love how the bible says this or that man has lived a lifetime of sin and we accept that at face value, but if it is a woman then she was a prostitute. Not that she maybe was a shameless gossip, or just a viscious person, or just a garden variety like most. It always chaps my hide that Mary Magdalene is described as a woman who supported Jesus’ ministry out of her own pocket, and besides having 7 demons cast out of her, nothing more is mentioned but everyone assumes she is the woman caught in adultery. Huh? Dang that is a big stretch.

Now I was never a prostitute, but if I were annointing the Lord’s feet, I would need no other reason other than adoration to be sobbing uncontrollably.

]]> By: Nikki http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-83671 Nikki Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:51:32 +0000 http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/alternative/?p=1311#comment-83671 Absolutely right on the nail, Cheryl. I got totally cheesed off a couple of years ago during a biblical studies seminar looking at Jesus and the woman at the well: all the commentary assumptions that she was immoral/ loose/ etc. because she'd 'had' so many husbands and was living with a bloke at the time of the meeting at the well. Yup, that's one way of interpreting... but what about the cultural context: a woman living alone without protection of a male - was just not a good idea [plus she'd be labelled/ seen as a prostitute potentially, by the culture and ironically, by the male commentators!]; the possibility that her former husbands had eitehr died or divorced her and sent her packing? We don't know why she'd had so many husbands, but why is it automatically assumed she was 'loose'/ 'immoral'? Why is it the case time and time again that when it comes to women in the Bible and how they are perceived, it's either virgin or whore. Either way, objectified, and either way a lose-lose scenario for women. Ah, now that I've got that off the chest... :) Thanks for the post and rekindling the ire [in a good way!] Absolutely right on the nail, Cheryl. I got totally cheesed off a couple of years ago during a biblical studies seminar looking at Jesus and the woman at the well: all the commentary assumptions that she was immoral/ loose/ etc. because she’d ‘had’ so many husbands and was living with a bloke at the time of the meeting at the well. Yup, that’s one way of interpreting… but what about the cultural context: a woman living alone without protection of a male – was just not a good idea [plus she'd be labelled/ seen as a prostitute potentially, by the culture and ironically, by the male commentators!]; the possibility that her former husbands had eitehr died or divorced her and sent her packing? We don’t know why she’d had so many husbands, but why is it automatically assumed she was ‘loose’/ ‘immoral’? Why is it the case time and time again that when it comes to women in the Bible and how they are perceived, it’s either virgin or whore. Either way, objectified, and either way a lose-lose scenario for women.
Ah, now that I’ve got that off the chest… :)
Thanks for the post and rekindling the ire [in a good way!]

]]> By: wilsonian http://holdthisspace.org.au/rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-83670 wilsonian Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:32 +0000 http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/alternative/?p=1311#comment-83670 Wooot! Preach it! Wooot! Preach it!

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