From the main article up-top:
“What Scriptural examples
of women’s strength and dignity come to mind for you?”

I like the story of Jael and how she fixed Sisera’s wagon but good.

Muff Potter,

Haha. I was thinking of that very story, but couldn’t remember the participant’s names. I also didn’t remember any story about a wagon! I looked it up and (doh!) it was the story I was thinking of. And yes, she did “fix his wagon” as they say. Gotta love the English language.

Jeffrey Chalmers,

That is pobably my favorite quote in the LoTR series.

So many wonderful biblical women. Ruth left her own culture to follow the true God, took care of both herself and her mother-in-law, and risked her safety to approach Boaz.
Abigail did not “submit herself in all things” to her terrible husband and thus saved both the servants and David from bad stuff.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was young, poor, humiliated— but she rejoiced in being chosen to given birth to the Savior.

As more and more light has come on the shenanigans within the SBC, we took an action this summer I hope more people take: we updated our estate planning in part to remove any bequest to any SBC agency. One had been in there. They are no more.

If you have charitable giving in your estate planning, please make sure you are not leaving something to someone who would hurt either your daughters OR your sons.

As a man and a Christian this was very thought provoking and to a degree very hard to watch. These women’s stories showed how bad the church can be when they value power more than their love for Christ. It should be shown in every church to everyone. I do believe had Andy Savage’s church seen this documentary first, many would not have stood to clap when he confessed.
Then the documentary went political with Donald Trump who already is divisive. Why bring politics into it? This documentary was about the churches and their decisions that took advantage of trust these women had in the leadership and the institutions they represented. Now you mix politics in it and in the end it looks like an ad for voting for Harris. Bringing in politics takes away the focus from the women’s pain and suffering and put the focus on a whole different issue. ( BTW I have never voted for Trump and for equal time let’s not forget Bill Clinton and what he allegedly did to a young impressionable intern including the infamous cigar chapter) .
IMHO she should have made 2 documentaries, one for each issue and kept the religious issue at the forefront. .m
I have a wide circle of Christian men and women friends and no one I know believes in Christian Nationalism. There have many articles and sermons given denouncing CN as contrary to scripture. While disturbing to hear their words about women’s rights to the best of my knowledge, CN is a still a minority belief system I also don’t believe that non Christian’s and the secular courts would tolerate their politics, after all they vastly outnumber Christians.

Muff Potter: I like the story of Jael and how she fixed Sisera’s wagon but good.

Have you seen the Precious Moments parody version of that story?

Darlene: That video trailer was heartbreaking to watch. I pray these women in the video, and those who have suffered like them, will experience supernatural healing.

And I hope those women will up and leave those kinds of environments.
Women are the stronger of our species, and in this day and age, there is not reason one, why they should stay in abusive relationships/and or marriages.
There have been many women who have left abusive relationships and marriages, and went on to become very successful.

Dee wrote in her OP:

I believe that the Church [of many different religions] mixes politics in many cultures of the world and that the disturbing trends seen here in the US are being felt all over the globe.

That.

Lowlandseer: domestic abuse

For some, unlike Jesus their assumption of position means power over others, in the worst possible way.

“‘Power is like drinking gin on an empty stomach.’ You feel dizzy, you get drunk, you lose your balance and you will end up hurting yourself and those around you, if you do not connect your power with humility and tenderness.” – Argentinian saying quoted by Pope Francis. 2017 TED talk.

Ava Aaronson: “‘Power is like drinking gin on an empty stomach.’ You feel dizzy, you get drunk, you lose your balance and you will end up hurting yourself and those around you, if you do not connect your power with humility and tenderness.” – Argentinian saying quoted by Pope Francis. 2017 TED talk.

“It’s not that ‘power corrupts’ so much that Power attracts the already-corrupt and the easily-corrupted.”
— Frank Herbert, author of Dune

JJallday:
Great video.When I think of women in the Bible I think of Queen Vashti (Esther 1) who would not be trotted out in front of the king and his men.

Shahbanou Vashti reminds me of those Smokin-Hawt Trophy Wives trotted out by MegaPastors in front of their pewsitters – “Look What I’ve Got That YOU CAN’T HAVE!”

This video shows that male authority of patriarchy has led to much abuse and division in the church. Those who believe women are on equal spiritual basis with men are often derided, called names and judged as spiritually lacking. Those who follow patriarchy and all its made up rules aimed solely at women are subject to abuse from wolves who have been attracted to christianity because of those “rules” women submit, obey, be silent.

case in point—and it is shameful There is a highly respected teacher of women in the southern baptist church. She believes that women should not preach/pastor or teach men and has very harsh words towards women who do. She influences many women.

In a youtube video discussing if women should or should not attend seminary she allowed that woman could attend seminary but with certain restrictions as to what classes they could take.

But here is the egregious part. She states that any women taking classes meant for pastors/preachers even though she may never pastor or preach was just like someone learning how to do abortions even though they may never do them. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that the seminary allowing women to take these classes was sinning and needed to repent!!!!!!

That is the most outrageous thing I ever heard come out of a christian’s mouth to basically compare a woman wanting to learn of spiritual things of God to being a murderer!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we wonder why the world hates christianity. They do not see us practicing love as Jesus preached.

Susan,

“And we wonder why the world hates christianity. They do not see us practicing love as Jesus preached.”
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i refer to such human beings as reasonable with their God-given common sense intact & functioning.

when observing christian church culture, there is plenty of good reason to say no thanks to christianity.

none of this has anything to do with Jesus of Nazareth.

Chuckp: Why bring politics into it?

Evangelism as publicity industry stunt since the Fundamentals (the new maximum) (see Guaranteed Pure, a book by Tim Gloege)

William James’ corner-cutting bad pragmatism and Bismarck’s Religionsstreit

Moralising as brownie point hunting

No need for double action Holy Spirit: ration God!

Men are “meant to do as men are meant to do”, to women and boys

Have legislatures actually banned abortions which were a fallback for girls and women badly done by? It would be interesting if any of them would claim to do so as secular atheists