Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Feminism
I only have a few minutes before we head to Jon's sister's baby shower... Lets see if I can get this thought out.
I'm a feminist... a lot of people in the church and on the right in general think its a bad word... its not. Feminists just want equal rights for women as men. I'm not a Third Wave feminist, who have branched out to equal rights for all the genders... I'm a bit more classic. I think women still have too far to go to start focusing on other things... we're still not where we should be.
Anyhow, there's a phrase I hear all the time in the church and I think its ridiculous!
Well, let me start out by saying that when I first was introduced to the church, my biggest issue, excluding giving up my lifestyle, and being called a "Mormon" was that women couldn't hold the priesthood. But I prayed about joining the church and I received a hearty confirmation that this was what I was supposed to do... I told my friends I'd still party hard on holidays and I told the missionaries that I was not going to be a "Mormon." But needless to say, I stopped partying all together, and the first words out of my mouth after coming out of the water was... "I'm a Mormon!"
Anyhow, a few months... maybe a year into my conversion I went to the bishop. It was really bothering me that women couldn't hold the priesthood. He said "well, women were just more righteous in the pre-existance and therefore they don't need to perform those outwardly ordinances like the men do... a constant reminder to them, who need it.
I didn't buy it but I didn't know why.... then a few years ago it finally hit me... God is the same today and forever... God created worlds without number...
So what they're telling me is that whoever gets the priesthood is like a coin toss... kind of un-orderly for a God of order... and what, in some other world where the women are less righteous, the women have the priesthood...
I seriously doubt it!
No, God is a God of order... Men have always and will always have the priesthood and the Women never will... and I'm okay with that... here's why...
I've heard more than one female, in my 11 years, say that they felt like less than men because they didn't have the priesthood, like Adam or Man is the ruler over the earth and women are just their sidekick on this magic carpet ride... not the case...
Men and Women are equal! Let me ask you... how is a person going to get to this earth without a woman? I don't have kids and it scares the crap out of me at the though of having a human being in me, but I see that the "Motherhood" is equivalent to the "Priesthood." Women perform the ordinances to help spirits gain a physical body, and Men perform the ordinances that allow them to return to Heavenly Father.
What's not equal about that? The problem is the world... and its ideologies... Man, I have so much more on my mind but I have to go... its 12:30... Anyhow, thanks for listening to my rant. :) Have a good day!
I'm a feminist... a lot of people in the church and on the right in general think its a bad word... its not. Feminists just want equal rights for women as men. I'm not a Third Wave feminist, who have branched out to equal rights for all the genders... I'm a bit more classic. I think women still have too far to go to start focusing on other things... we're still not where we should be.
Anyhow, there's a phrase I hear all the time in the church and I think its ridiculous!
Well, let me start out by saying that when I first was introduced to the church, my biggest issue, excluding giving up my lifestyle, and being called a "Mormon" was that women couldn't hold the priesthood. But I prayed about joining the church and I received a hearty confirmation that this was what I was supposed to do... I told my friends I'd still party hard on holidays and I told the missionaries that I was not going to be a "Mormon." But needless to say, I stopped partying all together, and the first words out of my mouth after coming out of the water was... "I'm a Mormon!"
Anyhow, a few months... maybe a year into my conversion I went to the bishop. It was really bothering me that women couldn't hold the priesthood. He said "well, women were just more righteous in the pre-existance and therefore they don't need to perform those outwardly ordinances like the men do... a constant reminder to them, who need it.
I didn't buy it but I didn't know why.... then a few years ago it finally hit me... God is the same today and forever... God created worlds without number...
So what they're telling me is that whoever gets the priesthood is like a coin toss... kind of un-orderly for a God of order... and what, in some other world where the women are less righteous, the women have the priesthood...
I seriously doubt it!
No, God is a God of order... Men have always and will always have the priesthood and the Women never will... and I'm okay with that... here's why...
I've heard more than one female, in my 11 years, say that they felt like less than men because they didn't have the priesthood, like Adam or Man is the ruler over the earth and women are just their sidekick on this magic carpet ride... not the case...
Men and Women are equal! Let me ask you... how is a person going to get to this earth without a woman? I don't have kids and it scares the crap out of me at the though of having a human being in me, but I see that the "Motherhood" is equivalent to the "Priesthood." Women perform the ordinances to help spirits gain a physical body, and Men perform the ordinances that allow them to return to Heavenly Father.
What's not equal about that? The problem is the world... and its ideologies... Man, I have so much more on my mind but I have to go... its 12:30... Anyhow, thanks for listening to my rant. :) Have a good day!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Freedom!
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! I seriously feel like I have the best life ever!
Yes, editing sometimes makes me feel like my very life is being sucked from me, sending me to a dark chasm of despair, never to return (*wink).
And yes, though you may not believe it, Jon and I do fight every once in a while, but all-in-all, and for the most part... we're really happy.
I'm sure that a lot of people are happy but I still feel like we're a rarity... and though thinking we're the only one's in the world is completely fooling myself... I'm okay with that...
We've been married for 7 years, and we still don't have kids... now a lot of people would say, 'you guys are totally missing out!' And we probably are... but for now... I'm going to take full advantage of it just being the two of us... No one to take care of but ourselves... no one to worry about but ourselves... and no one to answer to but ourselves...
Maybe its because I've had a long, crazy week and its finally the weekend... but I feel free! Amazingly free! And it feels good!!!!
Yes, editing sometimes makes me feel like my very life is being sucked from me, sending me to a dark chasm of despair, never to return (*wink).
And yes, though you may not believe it, Jon and I do fight every once in a while, but all-in-all, and for the most part... we're really happy.
I'm sure that a lot of people are happy but I still feel like we're a rarity... and though thinking we're the only one's in the world is completely fooling myself... I'm okay with that...
We've been married for 7 years, and we still don't have kids... now a lot of people would say, 'you guys are totally missing out!' And we probably are... but for now... I'm going to take full advantage of it just being the two of us... No one to take care of but ourselves... no one to worry about but ourselves... and no one to answer to but ourselves...
Maybe its because I've had a long, crazy week and its finally the weekend... but I feel free! Amazingly free! And it feels good!!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)