Ok. So I read Sunshine Mary, a "red pill christian" blogger for whatever that means. I give her points for actually trying to obey her husband.
So. In this post
http://sunshinemaryandthedragon.wordpres...rebellion/
She talks about one of her simple "rebellion" of not washing the knives by hand and kept putting them in the dishwasher. When it broke for unrelated reasons, her husband wouldn't fix it. Told her to wash things by hand.
Then a fellow blogger discussed this on their facebook page. SSM then collated the responses. It's pretty epic hamsterisms. Example below.
And also, news at 11, Christian women aren't any different from secular women.
So. In this post
http://sunshinemaryandthedragon.wordpres...rebellion/
She talks about one of her simple "rebellion" of not washing the knives by hand and kept putting them in the dishwasher. When it broke for unrelated reasons, her husband wouldn't fix it. Told her to wash things by hand.
Then a fellow blogger discussed this on their facebook page. SSM then collated the responses. It's pretty epic hamsterisms. Example below.
And also, news at 11, Christian women aren't any different from secular women.
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So how do devout Christian women respond to the idea of a husband having the right, as the Biblically-appointed head of the marriage, to enforce mild consequences such as refusing to replace a broken dishwasher on an unsubmissive, disobedient wife? I've gone through the Facebook comment thread and grouped the responses to Lori's question into ten common themes (all highlighting is mine; some comments were edited with [...] for brevity):
1. A husband has no authority to tell his wife what to do. A man is only permitted to love his wife, and by love, I mean let her do whatever she wants.
Laura Bouter He can’t control what she does. She is the only one responsible for submitting. If she chooses not to, that is between her and God. Her husband’s only responsibility is to love her, that’s what he’s called to do. Not buying her a new dish washer sounds like he is lording his position over her. It doesn’t sound very loving to me. I think if a husband does this, it’s a sign of his selfishness.
Christina Oizaf I have to agree with this! It’s God’s job to work with each person and not have someone looking over their shoulder throwing a tizzy because you aren’t measuring up. I think Jesus address this with that whole speck and plank thing. The minute the way others act or how they treat you becomes more of a concern than your own actions is a sure sign you have gotten off track.
Veronica DePrato Man is naturally sinful and can’t be trusted to “discipline” his wife. That’s between her and God…
Antony N Jilly The Bible ONLY tells the husband to LOVE!!!! Love = prayer!…Where is love from the husband in that?
Karen's avatar Lindsay Harold I think the dishwasher thing sounds inappropriate. If it’s a case of not being able to afford a new dishwasher right now, that’s a perfectly valid call for a husband to make. But if it is (as it sounds like) a case of a husband who doesn’t like that his wife does things differently than he does and tries to punish her by making her life harder, that’s petty and childish. That doesn’t mean that the wife should rebel or disobey him, but it does mean that the husband is acting improperly. That is NOT servant leadership. The wife should voice her concerns, appeal to him, and then submit in order to win him without a word. It might also be appropriate to apologize for ignoring his wishes. But her offense doesn’t justify his response. Nor is it his duty or right to discipline her as if she was a child.
Karen's avatar Karen …Wives are not children that the husband can ‘discipline’. Husbands are to love their wives as it says in Ephesians 5:25-29 ESV…There is nothing there about punishing or disciplining the human wife! He is to treat her as himself!!
Christina Oizaf Hmmm, I don’t know that the idea of disciplining your wife is biblical. I don’t think parenting your spouse has any part in a marriage. Should he buy her a new washer? Well, that is certainly his choice. Is it a sign of a lack of love, I don’t think so.
Reading that last one, my husband snorted, “Neither do the Scriptures say anything about dishwashers. Therefore, we should get rid of them. See, I am a very Scriptural man.”