“For Augustine, women were created equated with the body and men with the mind. This made women sexually dangerous to men. According to Augustine, women were more carnal than men and therefore more subject to temptation and sin” (Anderson, 182).
Question:
According to the video of Women in Catholicism, all of the 12 apostles were male and there for made it unjust for women to be ordained. Why must you be male, which all the apostles were, in order to be ordained? Is there support for women from the Bible, that we can interpret to eliminate sexism in Christianity? As our society changes, how must the Christian religion adapt, and if they aren’t adapting how can this harm the religion?
Response: Many people are too afraid to speak up for what is right and just. …show more content…
It is often said that women are only part of this earth to procreated. This is very contradictory because without eggs from women, and sperm for males we would not be here today. This quote goes along with this that, “a woman couldn’t be a father, and a man couldn’t be a mother. “(Women in Catholicism). The last question about adapting to our new social norms goes along with this quote. If you must be a father in order to be a priest what does this mean for a transgender individual. If a father is a man in relation to his natural children, and a man is a male, and a male is defined as someone who produces small gametes. Then aren’t male and female interchangeable as both produce both as eggs and sperm. In order to adapt to current times, we need to allow anyone to be ordained because the definition is not specific to males, it is just the ways we have interpreted it. In conclusion, Christianity has deep roots and patriarchy traditions. There is the possibly to reform the religion by allowing women to be ordained, but I don’t think there is enough talk and support for this issue. It is a