It's called Failing to learn from history, and it's about some stuff that happened at my former church.
Enjoy!
When I saw that Dianna was asking for guest posts about women and theology, I almost didn’t respond. Not because I didn’t want to write about the subject, but because I didn’t think I had much to say.
I don’t have any interest in examining the Bible’s view on women (and even if I did, bloggers like Dianna and Rachel Held Evans have done a much better job of that). I’m not a woman, so I can’t write about personal experiences of discrimination. For crying out loud, I’m a straight, white, married, middle class, cis gendered male. I can even pass as Christian if need be. I’m about as privileged as you can get. I’ve never been discriminated against, and probably never will.
However, when I mentioned this to my wife, she thought I should definitely write a post. She told me that people like me who are in positions of privilege need to speak out for those who are not .
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