I clipped this older argument off the web...
FEMINISM AND CHRISTIANITY
...Why aren't feminism and Christianity compatible? Because they
contradict each other. Anyone familiar with the rudiments of logic
knows that both sides of a contradiction may be false, but they cannot
both be true.
Here is a short list of contradictions.
Christianity
vs.
Feminism
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God has revealed himself and his will in the person of Jesus Christ,
and in the pages of the Bible.
Christianity is a myth created by a patriarchal society.
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Sin is disobedience to God. We are guilty, and incapable of doing
anything about it ourselves.
Sin is not disobedience, but the bad things that happen to women in
patriarchal societies.
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Women can solve the problem of sin by joining together to defeat
patriarchy, and to create a fair and just community.
Reconciliation to God comes only through Jesus Christ - his life,
death, resurrection, session in glory, and eventual return Women do
not need a savior. A woman is her own savior. The thought of a
sacrificial death is repugnant.
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Jesus Christ is Lord - God in human flesh. He is our Supreme
authority. A woman is her own supreme authority - she must not pay
homage to anyone.
As disciples, we are called to "take up our cross," and to follow our
Lord in humble obedience - submitting our will to his will Submission
to anyone greater than herself is out of the question.
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Here are two contradictory and distinct belief systems. Both may be
wrong, but both cannot be right. And since their tenets are
fundamentally contrary to one another, they cannot be blended, either
- at least not without destroying the integrity of both.
That is not to say that what some people think of as feminism - equal
pay for equal work, women's ordination, etc. - is incompatible with
Christianity. It is not. After all, Christ made us one in himself.
But, the full-blown feminist ideology that is passing these days for
theology is incompatible with the Christian faith.
Dr. Hampson has done all of us a favor, therefore, by pointing out
that in order to hold to the tenets of full-scale feminism, one must
"discard Christianity." And, vice versa.
If Dr. Hamson is correct - and I believe that she is - there is a
question that begs for an answer: which one of these two
understandings of the truth is the institutional Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) obligated to defend?....
http://www.vow.org/feminism/contemporary.issues/xxxxxxx-sdooling-feminism_and_christianity...
