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Originally Posted by mattie
There are many ways in the Bible that women were demonized throughout the entire document. It begins w/ this women are evil theme on page 2 of the KJV (doesn’t waste any time at all!!!) w/ women being responsible for the fall of man w/ creating sin by disobeying God’s orders (Eve & the apple).
This demonizing women isn’t subtle at all. Nor is it confined to the Old Testament. Note that it says ‘sorceress’ & ‘witch’ using terms that specify women. WHY??????? It could have said sorceress & sorcerer & witch & warlock. It doesn’t. It’s very specifically ONLY referring to women. Does this only referring to females only mean that just females were capable of these powers? Of course not.
The demonizing of women & cutting them out of the religious power structure nicely took care of disempowering half of the population. Not a bad move for those whose power was invested in keeping the population disempowered. It also created a rift between women & men.
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So...in the Torah there is no "Eve" and there is no "apple".
The first woman was named Chavah and considered the Mother of all life. Chavah is a derivative of the Hebrew word
chayah, meaning “living one.” The name Chavah also has a connection to the word
chavayah, which means experience (ie. the experience of life). Women (or men for that matter) are not inherently evil, although we all have the choice to do good or evil.
As far as witches I have no idea what you are speaking of. The following are the laws that might apply and I don't see how they relate only to women:
Not to perform
ov (medium) Lev. 19:31 Not to perform
yidoni (magical seer) Lev. 19:31 Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. Deut. 18:10 Not to engage in astrology Lev. 19:26 Not to mutter incantations Deut. 18:11 Not to attempt to contact the dead Deut. 18:11 Not to consult the
ov Deut. 18:11 Not to consult the
yidoni Deut. 18:11 Not to perform acts of magic Deut. 18:10