Comments on: Feminism…Mary Kassian…"You’ve Come a Long Way Baby!"

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:21:00 +0000

This is in reference to your post above:
I wonder how careful your study of feminism has been. While I can make many arguments for or against any movement, particularly feminism, any careful study should involve an discussion of multiple feminisms since there are a number of strands, some of which contradict each other. Careful reading would also reveal that feminism movements predate Marx, and although he did make reference to those movements, many feminists eschew any claims to Marxist Feminism.
Might I recommend that you try reading a book called Global Gender Issues by Peterson & Runyon? It might help you to make much more informed arguments against Feminisms by accessing a source that its not produced within the blinders of your own worldview.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:47:00 +0000

Kelly, I just read an interesting article, London Times reports that the Bible is not anti-female: is this news?, and thought you would enjoy it.

Here is the link:
http://creation.com/london-times-reports-that-the-bible-is-not-anti-female-is-this-news

By: Bethany Hudson

Bethany Hudson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Missi- Don’t want to be too picky, but Scripture definitely speaks highly of singleness–as long as it is a singlness undertaken by God’s calling and consecrated to Him in chastity and service In general though, I applaud what you’ve said.
~Bethany

By: Missi

Missi — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Wow. Okay. Where to begin?

I would sum up my experience in learning to embrace the obvious role for women found in scripture in two sentences...

When we lay down our own heavy burdens and take up the cross of Christ, we find that His burden is easy, and His yoke is light. I have never ever experienced such liberty as when I gave up my "rights" and surrendered my lift to Christ.

Kelly, if all people can find to criticize you for is that you are raising your daughters to b
e homeschooling mothers, you must be proud!

How dare you raise your daughters to be capable, creative, entrepreneurial, skilled women who can confidently handle the challenges that life will throw at them!!! Wouldn't they be better off spending time at the mall with their friends, losing their hearts to young boys, or "experiencing" the thrills of smoking, drinking, and doing drugs?!?!?

So many times, the Christian community wants to overlook the role that scripture explicitly states for women (keepers at home, loving our husbands, loving our children, birthing children, reaching out to the poor and needy, and having industry based in the home), for something else that it may barely merely permit (singleness, careers that take the heart out of the home, chosen barrenness).

Thanks so much for sharing this video! It was such an encouragement to watch that I posted it on my own blog!

By: Bethany Hudson

Bethany Hudson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:15:00 +0000

Deanna- Catholics actually take a step further than covenant (which to US sounds sterile); we call Marriage a SACRAMENT! I sacred institution of Christ in which the spouses convey the GRACE of God upon each other with their vows. Vocation is merely the Latin for calling. I don’t think most pastors would view their “vocation” to the ministry as something sterile, though it is seen as something solemn, just as marriage is. So, for Catholics, marriage is a covenant, a Sacrament, and a vocation.
~Bethany

By: Lady-in-the-Making

Lady-in-the-Making — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:45:00 +0000

I listen to Nancy Leigh DeMoss nearly every day. I really liked this particular address by Mary Kassian, which I saw back in October. I heartily agree with everything she said.

Thanks for posting it. No darts here – I fully agree with you.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Sweet Bethany,
Wouldn’t it be better for both the Protestants and the Catholics to view marriage as a covenant relationship instead of a vocation?
Vocation sounds less than tender and sterile compared to a covenant.
Will enjoy reading your reply. Grins…I know you have one.
Ole Deanna from the Kansas Flinthills

By: Bethany Hudson

Bethany Hudson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Kelly & KJM – Yeah, we Catholics love talking about "vocations"! It's a concept I would love to see broadened in the Protestant Churches…just like I'd like to see more Bible memorization going on among Catholics. Our traditions really do complement one another–because they're all from Christ!
~Bethany

By: Misty Smith

Misty Smith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:36:00 +0000

I can hardly go to the grocery store with out my nursing babies! Remember she didn’t practice birth control, she always had a nursing baby.

We know she remained in close contact based on cultural practices, and the demands of breastfeeding. LOL!!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:21:00 +0000

Misty Smith,
With liking part 5, what you have said is beautifully written.
Very well put.