Women, Children and Family Values in the Religious Right

It's been remarked by more than one person that the conservative evangelical claims to be 'defending' family values stands in stark contrast to policies and agendas that make matters difficult for many families. In truth, they are better than they used to be - the original evangelicals denigrated the value of families in many ways. In both cases, though, the point was social control.

"When I was an active Christian minister and missionary, I noticed that women were generally more zealous church workers than men. As I learned more and more about the Bible, I began to wonder why."

"...this final installment in the series will summarize only the "family values" of other notables whom the writer of Hebrews also listed as heroes of faith. "

How the Bible does not represent the "family values" promoted by the religious right, with Abraham as example.

"The men who wrote the Bible wasted no time getting down to one of their favorite themes: all the pain and suffering, sorrow and grief that the human race has to endure is the fault of women."

Continuing the tawdry tales of Abraham and Sarah.

"One would think, for example, that if proper family values could be found anywhere in the New Testament they would be evident in the conduct of Jesus himself... but such is not the case."

"Our last quest for biblical family values left us contemplating the public promiscuity, deception, sibling rivalry, parental favoritism, and ethnic prejudice of the family of Isaac and Rebekah."

Those who claim that the Bible improved the lot of women in history are woefully ignorant.