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Man and woman 1 - Intro ...

Monday, April 19, 2010. There are some central topics of our life. Where to get food and shelter is one. How to live together with other people is another. How to find a man or a woman as a lover and partner is a third and highly important question for most of us.

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Love and Partnership

What are we looking for? We want a woman. Or we want a man. But there are some layers of our desire. There is the layer of partnership, of friendship, of being together with someone else. We want to experience community, want to know that there is someone else who is completely supportive. Love seems to promise this supportive attitude, yet we have to learn that there can be problems in love and partnership. Two individuals are so different.

But there is more than sharing experiences and time. We are physiological beings, we want to experience tenderness and want to come physically together. Tenderness and sex are important layers of love and relationship. What would life and partnership be without the physical contact? Our relationships are not only spiritual, not abstract …

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Men and women in society

What are the roles of men and of women in society? Today we are in a time where we learn that men and women have equal capabilities and where we more and more realize that they should have equal rights. Men are discovering their responsibility for children. Women are taking part in business life. How does all this relate to the bible, in particular to the New Testament?

In the Christian scene there are various old lines of understanding. The apostles wrote about the gender topic - and based on their remarks some of us draw other conclusions than others. Some think that women should still be obedient to men. Others see a world of equality supported by the New Testament, in particular by Jesus himself, a new world of true partnership. Often, emotions go strong! Suppression of women has a long history and we can understand the struggle …

What is God's idea about us, about men and women, about our relationship, about love and about our social interaction? We will explore this further over the next days … ... more texts

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