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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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which has betrayed women, not the God of the Bible.It <strong>is</strong> also true that women have been objectified, by somemen, as earthly or sensual in nature. Femin<strong>is</strong>m has been quick tocharge that such generalizations are sex<strong>is</strong>t. Indeed they are. However,if spiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts characterize women in a similar manner, theirdescriptions are not considered stigmas. The very adjectives thatwere regarded as d<strong>is</strong>agreeable when used by men have becometokens of esteem when applied by women. Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> indicated by oneof the titles conferred on Eve, “M<strong>is</strong>tress of Vegetation and Lady ofthe Beasts.” 53Suppose a man stated the first woman “preferred the wildplaces,” 54 “wore flowers” 55 in her hair, and “ran with wolves.” 56 A53Buffie Johnson, Lady of the Beasts (New York: Harper and RowPubl<strong>is</strong>hers, 1988), 186.23Miriam Therese Winter, The Chronicles of Noah and Her S<strong>is</strong>ters:Genes<strong>is</strong> and Exodus According to Women (New York: CrossroadPubl<strong>is</strong>hing Co., 1995), 35.24Ibid. 36.66

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