One thing from the readings that I found most interesting was in the reading about The Bible and Children when it says that the author of 1 Timothy says that childbirth is punishment to women for Eve’s actions in the Garden of Eden. It’s interesting because it goes back to this side of God that we don’t think about often, and that is his angry side. It is weird to think about an all powerful and loving being burdening women for all of time because of the first one’s actions. I think maybe what is really happening behind this story is a misogynistic man was interpreting The Bible and put his skew on it.
What is an even weirder idea is right after talking about women being punished for Eve’s actions, it’s said that The Bible discourages child bearing. This is such an odd idea because if you think of the nuclear contemporary family, you think of them holding Judeo Christian values and being very ethical, at least that’s what I think. Another reason this is an odd idea to me is when I think of spreading Gods love I think spreading it through children, and I don’t think I’m alone on that.