The simple answer is that the men who wrote the bible were interested in holding power as closely as possible. They managed to figure out only to have to have half of the population as potential competitors in the religious-political bureaucracy.

It was a very clever move for the Roman Emperor to disenfranchise women by way of religious texts as this took power away from half of the population in one fell swoop by demonizing them, making them responsible for sin. This then set up a natural division between men & women (divide & conquer) that has taken 2000+ years to begin to remedy. The amount of anti-female rhetoric that stemmed from this is astounding both in religion & in society in general.

Energetically, many levels before getting to the level of the energies we call god the female & male energies are fully merged. WHOLE BEINGS. Calling god she is no more correct than calling god he even though the urge is understandable. While it may be a bit awkward for some to call god IT, this is the more accurate pronoun. It is actually disrespectful to call god he or she as this diminishes this being or level of energy that is soooooo much more than a single gender.

Internal Queries is spot on about ‘... the mysogeny of the Bible myth writers is evident from the get go.’ Countless examples exist throughout the entire document. This view of women is one of the reasons many are turning away from this religion (& others) as inherently unfair & woefully outdated.

The bible was written to institutionalize the power of the Roman Empire, co-opting the older pagan religions & the new Christian one, placing the Roman Emperor in the position of being god’s enforcer. The Romans routinely co-opted the religions of those they conquered to get rid of expected opposition. In the 4th century Bishop Eusebuis crafted the history of Christianity to fit the Roman Emperor’s desire to control all the religions. The ‘Jesus Mysteries’ (Freke & Gandy) details how Eusebuis provided this history that remains as the current bible for the Emperor w/ scant regard for the facts.

Former Episcopalian Bishop John Shelby Spong, a very strong proponent of Christianity, has stated that the biblical Christian message contended that women are thoroughly evil stemming from the story of Eve, that woman is lesser than man & responsible for sin, & have been kept out of all meaningful positions in the church hierarchy except as ceremonial figures. (johnshelbyspong.com/). Bishop Spong is a proponent of exposing the problematic biblical passages to SAVE Christianity, contending that these problematic passages are quickly causing the demise of this faith & should be openly addressed. He reviews these in his book, ‘Jesus For the NonReligious.’

Some have moved past the concept of god being a sole deity to the concept of god being all of those who are at that level of consciousness, a unified consciousness. As we expand our awareness we progressively occupy a broader perspective to increasing Oneness (individual, planetary, galactic, universal) w/ each dimensional level we occupy. While we have learned much more about how energy works, the 2000+ year old image of a male deity sitting on high over us (w/ a thunderbolt) still curiously persists.