This is the problem with people taking the Bible literally on social issues.... that book was written a long, long time ago when people were very different.....
To suggest that the only way to have a proper marriage in God's eyes is to have the woman be submissive and the man be the authority is, well, just out dated. God isn't going to hate anyone just because the woman is her own person.... besides, I think the whole point to a successful marriage is that the husband and wife support each other, right? I mean, that's what God is looking for anyways..
Although, I agree most of you guys, though..... it seems like they're taking the Bible literally, but then again... I'm not sure where in the world they would have come up with some of these specifics from the Bible... some of the stuff is just too odd.
Ummm. I don't think you read either The Bible or this topic enough to comment. The website pointed out is a whacko fetishist site which has nothing to do with Christianity.
And the "woman must be submissive and the man to be the authority" is a subtle mis-reading that supports the anti-Christian POV too neatly.
Without quoting the Bible directly, it calls for women to submit to their husbands and men to love their wives, as Christ loved the Church. A completely an utterly co-equal and symbiotic relationship, which does not resemble the "straw-man" created by atheists and mysogynists that turn women into some kind of slave, or make specious arguments against Christianity.
If men are not the "heads of their households" they tend to become leeches, forcing the wives to do the majority of the household "heavy lifting." Men are more the "heads of the household" to keep them involved in the decision-making process and to relieve this burden from the women.
My wife and I have lived both sides of the fence, and we both like the literalist relationship much, much better. It was painful to quit being a beer-swilling, sports-watching leech and start acting like a man, but I got through it. In fact, it was my wife's idea, and several years later I am glad she kicked me in the butt to get it started.
Is my wife a mouse, who walks six steps behind? No. In fact, she is exceptionally talented and assertive, and no longer has to be a shrew to get necessary things done. When I am not working and earning money, I am thinking of ways to ensure our family's long-term success and happiness, and she is working the short-term fight, as that is where her talents lie.
