A Work Story
Part of my new position as a counselor for Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School will be implementing a developmental guidance program. One element of this program is going to be teaching a life skills class. The class is on a rotating schedule and starts over every 30 days. Up until now I have been sitting in on the current class waiting for the new rotation where I will take over the class. One of the recent lessons was on gender role in the work world. The discussion was going well with the class except for the self professed Christian in the back of the room who was continually saying that the Bible says that the woman should stay at home and cook and clean while the man works. So we shouldn’t be discussing male/female roles…because the Bible says so. Yikes - not exactly the first introduction to a new school you want to get.
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It would be interesting to know exactly where this kid thinks that command is located.
Exactly my thought, Josh. I wanted to challenge this kid and tell him I know the Bible and it doesn’t say that.
On the other hand, I was impressed with how vocal he was with his faith - I just didn’t like him being so far from the truth.
Wow. How old was this kid? I truly feel sorry for him and his family . . . .
This reminds me of a boy I once knew. He would wear his corny Christian t-shirts and make a big deal out of every “Christian” belief he held to because he was convinced that better Christian students had to be a thorn in the side of the public education system. Oh wait, that was me. Sure, even I wasn’t dumb enough to say something like, “Women were designed for cooking, cleaning, and sex,” but I feel sorry for some of my teachers and peers in high school. Especially my AP US Gov’t class who had to sit through a 30 second silent movie fully comprised of half-second pictures of aborted babies.
Someone once said, “The biggest problem with Christianity is Christians.” It was probably Nietzsche, but most of his analysis of Christians is correct.
A lot of my clients have very fundamentalist/old fashioned/wrong views of women. I sometimes find myself practically arguing with them until I stop us and realize that they just haven’t learned any differently yet. So who can blame them? Maybe it will be your job to help them, in a loving, gentle way, to see the truth about Scripture, or at least encourage them to have a valid reason or facts for their beliefs.