Beyond that kind of minutia, are the just plain wacko fundamentalists who find verses and justifications in the Bible for anything they want. Take Reverend Bruce Ware of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
From the pulpit in Denton, Texas he gave men who abuse their wives a free pass. He puts the blame squarely on the wives for their abuse.
“And husbands on their parts, because they’re sinners, now respond to that threat to their authority either by being abusive, which is of course one of the ways men can respond when their authority is challenged - -or, more commonly, to become passive, acquiescent, and simply not asserting the leadership they ought to as men in their homes and in churches,”Its good to know that Ware at least acknowledges these men are "sinners", though he gives them a free pass because their wives "made them" do it. Give me that Old Tyme Religion!
Note: I consider myself a liberal Christian. If you want more information of people who follow Jesus and are not intolerant or trying to live in the stone age, check out my church's denomination, the United Church of Christ.
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Argh...
I worked for the women's shelter there in Denton for a couple of years.
Domestic abuse is a complicated thing that just can't be summed up so easily as to just assign blame. Typically, the situation results because of problems that both partners have in dealing with others.
It's not to say there's any excuse, but the experts will tell you - and I agree - that these women are generally not angels themselves.
That said, I do hate seeing mythology from Genesis being used to explain the problem.
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