Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl *graphic content*

Originally Posted by DebraBaker

Sarah,

You would have a stronger point if Michael Pearl wrote a companion book, "Created to be a Lover as Christ Loves the Church."

But I'm not holding my breath.

db

No, but other people have written a book like this who strongly believe in wifely submission. Plus, it is the woman's role that is most under attack in our feminist, post-Christian society.

I'm not talking about the Pearls'- I stated very clearly my disagreement with their book. What is troubling me is this "traditional roles (which includes wifely submission)= abuse". I also don't think most marriages are abusive and therefore the book, while not good, would not encourage the average woman to stay in an abusive relationship (if that is in fact truly what they're saying- i have yet to see any proof of that offered). The Pearls' are bad enough without adding stuff in.

Actually statistically speaking, marriages that continually harp on the submisison of the wife are much more likely to have spousal abuse.
and, in fact, among evangelicals anyway, the spousal abuse rate is THE SAME as society.

I'd like to see a statistic on that (the more likely to have spousal abuse). I know among very traditional marriages, the happiness rate reported by the couples is signifigantly higher then among more modern marriages.
Evangelicals also have the same divorce and abortion rate as the rest of society. Does that make the teaching against abortion wrong? So do Catholics who don't follow their faith's teachings. The fact that many people are hypocrites doesn't prove a teaching true or false. The sad fact is most Christians live a life that looks no different then the rest of the world.