The Jehovah's Witnesses believe that men are supposed to rule
over women because it is what God had originally purposed. This is why women
are limited in what they can do in the ministry. However, that isn't so. Eve
was created to rule alongside Adam in the Garden. She was not supposed to be
under him. Woman is a companion to man, and was created as an equal. What
brought the whole man over woman thing into existence is the Fall.Genesis 3:16
states: I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will
give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over
you." This is from the New International Version. This is still the way of the
world today. However, when claiming to be in the world, but not of it,
shouldn't we strive to be as much like we were truly intended as possible? I
believe so. Women as capable of presenting talks and presentations as the men
are in the congregation. Women can travel to others and give talks as much as
men. Women can go out and witness, they can give small presentations, they can
comment, be pioneers, but that is about it. They cannot do the reading of the
materials, they cannot highlight on scriptures, they cannot even give a talk on
Sundays. This goes against the original purpose of women and keeps us in the
ways of the world. Women in Christianity can do more than these women. I do not
know if it is because of the view of our original purpose, but we have more
freedoms than the women of the Jehovah's Witnesses. We teach Sunday School,
lead the choir, we may even be the head pastor of the congregation. The
Witnesses believe they believe the truth, but what kind of truth is it where
women are not equal to men? the truth is we are supposed to be equal to men,
and when Christ returns things will be that way again. However amongst our
faith, we have to make it that way now. If we do not have equality for all in
our faith then why should we expect equality when Christ returns? The answer is
that we shouldn't. We do not deserve equality when Jesus comes again if we
cannot give our brothers and sisters in Christ equality now. This just touches
base on the limitations of women in the Jehovah's Witnesses, but it gives us a
clear picture on how they view the truth and what the truth really is.
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