The bible is not against womens rights:

To be honest, I was not aware we could use Google Documents. This will help me in the future. For now, I will quote you from the document and respond to your statements accordingly. To anyone interested in this debate, you may want to click on the link harrytruman shared during round three for context."The Torah says here that women will be subservient to men, not that they are lesser than men, this verse doesn’t advocate for women being subservient to men any more than Genesis 3:17-19 advocates for dumping thorns onto mens gardens."Subservient means the following: prepared to obey others unquestioningly; less important; subordinate; useful in an inferior capacity; obsequiously submissive. Let's pull out some key words. Okay, so women are less important, subordinate, inferior, and expected to obey men eagerly without question. It sounds like according to the Torah, women are lesser than men. Being female myself, if I had read Genesis 3:16 and believed it to be true, I would feel lesser than men. Now, let's address Genesis 3:17-19, and compare it to Genesis 3:16. "To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it, Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”To Eve, and by extent, all women, God says, "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."I have already addressed what this verse means. Moving on.He says then to Adam, "[The ground] will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field."The Garden of Eden was a paradise, and Adam and Eve did not have to work by the sweat of their brow to grow crops. The garden was abundant will trees baring fruit from them to eat. When God says the ground will produce thorns, what he means is that Adam and Eve will no longer be provided delicious food, and they will have to forage for wild plants such as thistles or work hard trying to grow food.Do you see the difference? Genesis 3:16 is a command by God targeted towards women, while 3:17-19 is God telling Adam what he and his wife will have to do for food now that they are banned from the garden."Just because someone does something bad and the Torah records it happening doesn’t mean it is advocating for it, my history book records the Jewish Holocaust, but doesn’t necessarily advocate for killing jews, for if it did, I would throw it out the window immediately."I would agree with you, if Lot wasn't portrayed as the protagonist. Even the angels, God's messengers, save Lot from the rapists by striking the rapists with blindness."How does this infringe upon a right though? Also, which verse says that women have to wear garments of widowhood?"It is an historical fact that widowed Hebrew women had to wear special clothing. [1] The Torah references this fact: "she put on the garments of her widowhood."If a woman who doesn't have a father or spouse is forced to wear clothes while a man with no father or spouse isn't, she doesn't have the same rights men do."Read the origanal hebrew, it actually says: ‘Iysh (man) makar (sell) bath (daughter) ‘amah (maidservant) yatsa’ (shall go free) ‘ebed (menservants) atsa’ (go free), or 'If a man sells his daughter as a maidservant she shall go free just as the menservants go free.'"(Here is the website harrytruman sent me to: https://www.blueletterbible.org...)The original Hebrew website you directed me to translates Exodus 21:7, but not in the same way you say the website does. Here is what it actually says:"And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant she shall not go out as the menservents do."I'd like to note that the Hebrew word meaning "slave" is commonly translated to "servant." [2] Take a look at what the Hebrew word for slave is:https://www.google.com...After you've looked at that, take a look at the Hebrew word for slave and how it is translated on the website harrytruman directed me to:https://docs.google.com...I realize עֶבֶד can be translated both ways, but I just wanted to point out that masters could mistreat their slaves, as long as the weren't Hebrew."Number one this doesn’t constitute an infringement of any rights. Number two she is only considered ritually impure, and people don’t touch sacred objects all that often anyway."You're right, it doesn't infringe on any rights. Just an amusing example of blatant sexism."It’s not a sin, they’re still impure for the moment though, it only means they shouldn’t be touching other people all that much, like falling ill actualy, lso, no rights are infringed here."Actually, in Leviticus 15:29-30, when a woman is finished with her period, she is to bring two doves (or two young pigeons), and the priest is to sacrifice one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. A sin offering is an offering made as an atonement for a sin. [3] I will ask you again, why would God give women their period then deem them unclean?Requiring women to sacrifice two doves for a contrived reason is a denial of rights. Imagine if the was a rule where people who currently have prostate cancer have to sacrifice a pig every week. That law targets one sex and makes no sense, and would be unfair to men.When I call Leviticus 21:9 to attention, you rebuttal by quoting Leviticus 10:1-2.Nadab and Abihu were not burned for being unchaste, they were burned for offering God "profane fire" and worshiped God in a way God had not commanded them to do. [4] You are comparing apples to oranges."You weren’t allowed to work maidservants as hard so they pay less for them. Also, this is money paid for servitude, not their actual value."This passage is not referring to servants. The worth given to certain groups of people is solely baised on how useful they are perceived to be. [5] I recommend going to citation five and reading up on vows."When a daughter is in her father's house that is, children are not given the same liberties as adults in the Torah, that much is clear."A daughter in her father's house is not nessecarily a child, rather, an unwed female. A Hebrew woman in this time would live with her father until she is married."Yes, if one spouse makes foolish decisions, G-d gives the other authority over him/her, in Genesis 21:12 G-d gives Sarai authority over Avram because he made stupid decisions like marrying Hagar."Genesis 21:12 is an instance where a husband listens to his wife, which is nice, and God himself agrees with her. This is, however, just one instance, and God never says a wife can always forbid her husband from making a vow. He bluntly says that a husband can always forbid his wife from making a vow."See here, it only says spare the women and children, “for yourselves” was not in the original hebrew. Also, see Genesis 34."(Here is the website harrytruman sent me to: https://www.blueletterbible.org...)Now this time I at least see where you are coming from. On this website, there is no root from Hebrew to warrent "for yourselves" being added on, but there is a reason why translators felt it needed to be encluded. Here is what it says in Hebrew:"But all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive."So why was "for yourselves" added? Well, why would the Hebrews save the virgins? So that they could have sex with them. That can be inferred. If the Hebrews were truely being merciful towards the forgein women, they would save them all, not just the virgins."Spare the women and children take the livestock as plunder is what he is saying."No. Read it again. It doesn't say that."So? If a man commits sex outside of marriage he is stoned too."Yes, but I don't think you understood my point. A woman has to prove her virginity, which means if a man accuses her of not being a virgin, she is guilty until proven innocent, which is not what I would call justice. The presumption of innocence is key to a fair trial."This one isn’t referring to rape."I was going to respond to this in the same way I did when you said the women weren't being refered to as plunder, but instead, I'll just quote the passage you are responding to with key words underlined. Pay close attention:"If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives." - Deuteronomy 22:28-29"Also, Genesis 1:27: 'So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.'"A beautiful verse from the Torah, but I must say, this is a debate about whether or not women are denied rights in the Hebrew Bible. Despite the good moments, you cannot deny the bad ones."Yes! Why didn’t you?"I would have now but honestly I'm running out of characters and it is midnight where I am. In the next round, I'll present more instances of sexism in a Google Document and refute your claims in the argument text box.I apologize for being snarky. After all, I am a female.Citations:[1] http://www.ancient-hebrew.org...[2] http://www.gty.org...[3] http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com...[4] http://www.simplybible.com...[5] https://bible.org...