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| What are the two steps to what you do with problem passages? (Step two has 2 parts as well) |
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1. If you don't believe the text is the word, you can disgard offensive things
2. If you believe the text is the word of God, then you can: A. decide if it is not really offensive B. decide it doesn't say what people normally think it does |
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| Explain all of the steps that are in Christianity about women pastors that Paul writes in the new testament. |
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1.This wasn't written by God, makes no sense by Modern standards, THROW IT OUT!
2. God wrote this, so we can't get rid of it
A. Men and women have different roles- not sexist
B. The passage is talking about women upsurping leadership, or it is addressed to this particular church, not all churches |
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| The explanations one's own religion gives to problematic passages don't seem as reasonable to others as they do to us. |
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| To many Christian women, the idea that God would not allow women preachers does what to them? |
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| doesn't bother them at all |
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| To many non-Christian women, the idea that God would not allow women preachers does what to them? |
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| Makes them think that Christianity is inherently sexist |
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| What are the steps for Islam about beating wives? |
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Definition
1. Qur'an is the word of Allah, so it can't be thrown away
2. Passage dealing with "wife beating" is generally interpreted in 2 ways:
A. Husbands have the right to beat disobediant wives
B. As a last resort to correct extremelt bad conduct, a husband might use light physical force on his wife. (In practice, this should never happen) |
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| What does the Sunnah reflect? |
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Definition
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| What does the Sunnah provide? |
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| A context for the interpretation of the Qur'an |
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| What does a Hadith explain? |
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Definition
| How Muhammad put the Qur'an into practice into his own life |
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| What does the Sunnah also give? |
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| Additional teaching beyond the Qur'an |
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| What do many Muslims believe that the Sunnah rules out? |
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| Did the prophet ever strike any of his wives? |
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| What did the Sunnah actually say the prophet when it came to violence with the wife? |
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| He counseled that if a man struck his wife, then he could hardly expect her to calmly share his bed that night |
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| Islam contains several teachings which improve the status of women in ______ and ______. |
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| What are three teachings that improve the status of women in culture and time? |
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Condemned Infanticide
Women get inheritance rights
Women receive dowry in marriage |
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| What is condemned infanticide? |
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| A common practice in nomadic cultures to leave unwanted babies out to die (mainly females) |
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| How were some of the babies killed? |
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| They laid them face down in the sand |
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| What does the Qur'an warn about infanticide? |
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| How much inheritance does a woman get? |
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| 1/2 of the inheritance of men |
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| Is getting 1/2 of the inheritance of men fair? |
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| Yes, them actually getting an inheritance is remarkable |
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| Who is financially responsible for households? |
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| What do women receive in marriage? |
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| What is a dowry in most cultures? |
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| brides father pays something to the groom |
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| What is a dowry in Islam? |
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| What is the dowry to the woman? |
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| The practice of having more than one wife |
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| What is a common practice in Arabia during Muhammad's time? |
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| What are most of the practices westerners see as oppressive? |
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| Cultural rather than Qur'anic |
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| What are 5 examples of Islamic cultural practices? |
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Definition
Burkas
Forbidding women to work or drive
Denying women education
Forced marriages
Female circumcision/genital manipulation |
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