TO ALL FEMINISTS: CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT: ON CHRISTIAN FEMINISM:

WRITING PROMPT:

WRITE ABOUT WHY THE BIBLE IS CONTROVERSIAL. READ ABOUT "GNOSTIC CHRISTIANITY," AND THE CHRISTIAN FEMINIST MOVEMENT FOR MORE IDEAS.

THE NIV BIBLE CAN BE DISHEARTENING. BY THE TIME I WAS FOURTEEN, I PREFERRED IT OVER A MUCH BETTER BIBLE. THE LARGE ONE THAT INCLUDES THREE OF THE MOST POPULAR VERSIONS, SIDE BY SIDE, AT THE EVERGREEN LIBRARY IN COLORADO IS OBVIOUSLY MORE COMPREHENSIVE. IT CAN NOT BE CHECKED OUT AT THE EVERGREEN LIBRARY, BUT SHOULD BE COLLECTED MORE THAN ANY OTHER BOOK, FOR ITS ACADEMIC, AND SENTIMENTAL VALUE.

THAT IS TO ME, "THE REAL BIBLE," WHICH NEEDS TO SWEAR IN ALL U.S. PRESIDENTS, WHO ARE "CHRISTIAN." OTHERWISE, I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY. THEY SHOULD HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF AT LEAST TWELVE BIBLE VERSIONS BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, OR BE RAISED A PROPER, JEWISH FEMINIST. QUITE HONESTLY, WHEN YOU READ THE THREE VERSIONS OF THE BIBLES, SIDE BY SIDE, YOU REALIZE HOW IGNORANT YOU ARE ABOUT THE "REAL BIBLE." BUDDHISTS REFER TO THAT AS BEGINNERS' MIND. HUMILITY HAPPENS.

YOU MAY HAVE DONE NIV WORKBOOKS, SEEKING MEANING ABOUT THE REST OF THE BIBLE, NOT JUST THAT TROUBLING PASSAGE REGARDING FEMALE SUBSERVIENCE, OR OBEDIENCE TO ALL MEN. THAT PART HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETED MORE THAN PASSAGES REGARDING HELL, A CONCEPT SOME JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES DO NOT BELIEVE IN, BUT IS NATURALLY INGRAINED INTO ALL VIRGINIANS. THE MINUTE ANY VIRGINIAN EXISTS, YOU WILL NATURALLY JUST BE DAMNED TO ALL HELL, WITH A GRAPHIC PITCHFORK-WIELDING MOB DESCRIPTION. THE OBEDIENCE PASSAGE IS NOT TAUGHT THE WAY GOD INTENDED FOR IT TO BE UNDERSTOOD. THERE ARE NEWER BOOKS THAT ALSO MISINTERPRET IT, SUCH AS "THE SURRENDERED WIFE."

IT'S CRITICAL FOR FEMINIST ATTORNEYS TO TEACH THAT FEMALE SUBSERVIENCE PASSAGE, AND THE WAY THAT IT INVOKES PRIOR CLAUSES/BIBLICAL PASSAGES FOR MEN TO FIRST OBEY GOD, AND TO TREAT THEIR WIVES EQUALLY, AS IF THEIR WIVES' BODIES WERE THEIR OWN. THE BIBLE IS ESSENTIALLY A LEGAL COVENANT/CONTRACT. IT TAKES A LAW DEGREE, TO TRULY COMPREHEND JUST THE NIV'S NEW TESTAMENT ALONE. I HOPE WE CAN AFFORD FEMALE, MINORITY FEMINISTS, WHO ARE ATTORNEYS, TO DELIVER WEEKLY, THREE-HOUR LECTURES AT ALL THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE, SOUTH VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN, SOUTH VIETNAMESE-AUSTRALIAN BUDDHIST TEMPLES, ABOUT THE BIBLICAL PASSAGES REGARDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AGAINST MARITAL RAPE.