Another
paragraph from a book I am writing:
"Related
to this is the weird view that women are generally more spiritual than men. But
this is not, and really cannot be, true. Both men and women are created in the
image of God, they both bear his stamp and this has great bearing on our
spirituality. It may be true to say that some individuals are more spiritual
than others, but not that men are less spiritual than women. Plus, remember in
the scriptures and in the Christian worldview, physical work, physical labour,
tilling the ground, working to produce, building, creating, writing, and all
other forms of legitimate work are spiritual acts. Men are just geared to
express their spirituality differently."
I have
always found the idea that women are more spiritual than men a little odd and
frankly a bit subversive. How could this be the case if God has placed spiritual
headship in the home and in the church on the men[1]?
It does not make sense and is another example of one of those commonly held but actually quite poisonous ideas.
[1] In
the case of the church only some men.
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