The Bible states women should be less important in society than men

GenesisI apologise for missing that quote. "Genesis 3:16: "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you. ""This quote is warning against adultery. The "desire for your husband" is showing the fact that a woman should love her husband and not love anyone else. Exodus"In response to Exodus 21:24, Con makes the ridiculous case that a society which keeps women enslaved more than men shows how much that society values the women. "This was not showing that woman are more or less important per se, merely that women are valuable and do work as hard as men, showing they should have a higher place in society. "Con"s final OT response was that my argument about "commandments in Deuteronomy which treat women"s sexual liberties and consent to marry different from men"s," is flawed because there are also restrictions placed on men"s sexual liberties that are not placed on women"s. "Again, this is warning against adultery. PRO failed to read the passage beforehand:"But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man shall die. Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving of death. " - Deut. 22:25 and 26aThe other parts of this passage deal only with consensual sex; this is clear as it included rape as another section entirely. In any case, in the other cases the man must die as well; this passage does nothing to show how women are to be treated as less than men. "Deuteronomy 22:28-29: "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. ""If a woman is raped, there is a very good chance she will have a baby. That is why the man must marry her; bringing up a child on one's own would have been frowned upon in Biblical society and would have been too much hardship for the woman to bare. New TestamentMan : Woman :: God : Man"is Con suggesting that if the women do not do as men want, the men can give the women terrible punishment, as God can punish humans such as in Deuteronomy 11:26-28? "God doesn't make rules so we stick to them absolutely. The Ten Commandments were only written to show how bad and sinful we were compared to God. Even if we break any of these rules, God is quick to bless and forgive; seeing as we are "made in God's image", shouldn't we be like God in that a man forgives his wife? "Con acts as if this quote is saying the same thing as the previous quote, when in reality it makes a different claim. This quote, does not make that analogy, instead it explicitly stating that women were created for men"I still argue that this quote does, in fact, link in with the previous statement. We are created to worship and serve God, in the same way that women should "serve" their husbands. Are you saying that men should view women as any less than God does man? "The third quote from 1 Corinthians. .. receives another ridiculous handling form Con. Con argues that this quote is saying that husbands should listen to their wives, when there is nothing in this passage that indicates that at all. "I apologise for misreading that passage. In any case, it still shows that men should still listen to their wives and treat them with respect. "He states that this passage warns women not to try to assume authority which they did not have at the time. For once, he actually seems to get it. The passage is telling women not to try to take on authority which they did not have"PRO seems to have completely misunderstood my point, so I will clarify. These passages are warning women against assuming authority they do not have so as to be accepted in Biblical society. The society they lived in was completely sexist and would not have accepted the fact that women should have the same rights as men in church. This is not an absolute rule; note the "should", rather than must. This quote only addresses Biblical society rather than modern-day society, which this debate is addressing. On a General NotePRO seems to have ignored my points in this section, apart from the question at the very end. My point was that the Bible was written specifically for the Biblical age, not modern-day society. In addition"Con finally argues that Genesis 2:22-24 demonstrates that men and women become one, and are therefore to be valued equally. "Again, PRO has skirted around my point. Man and woman are to become one flesh, meaning one cannot function without the other. How does this not show that each should be treated equally in society? I look forward to PRO's response.