The Bible

Some believers think marriage is for life after reading certain passages from the gospel such as Matthew 19. 4-6 (mentioned above), while others believe that divorce might be possible on the grounds of adultery. Since the bible is unclear opinions vary on weather divorce should be allowed or not, however it does not stop there. The bible affects a Christians attitude on what is allowed after divorce. Some think it is ok. to get re-married while others one must not re-marry as the bible says in 1.Corinthians 7.10,11 "...a wife must not separate herself from her husband- if she does, she must either remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband- and the husband must not divorce his wife"

The bible however for some is not the biggest authority as people may see it as old fashioned and would follow the advice of priests and what the modern church leaders suggest should be done. In some special cases the marriage can be annulled.

Christians might get divorced and do whatever they feel is write, and therefore the bible does not affect their attitude on marriage and divorce but instead the modern world does.

(II) As well as about the subject of marriage and divorce the bible affects people's attitude on the role of woman.

The bible was written in the olden days where woman were considered less then man. Their job was to stay at home and raise the children. They had no rights and were looked down on by the man, as we can see from reading 1 Timothy 2.8-14 "In every church I want the men to pray...I also want the woman to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses, but with good deeds, as is proper for woman who claim to be religious. Woman should learn in silence and humility. I do not want them to teach or have authority over men; they must keep quiet. For Adam was created first, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law..." Many of the proverbs also discriminate woman or not included them at all or just somewhere in the background.

However the times have changed and now woman discrimination is wrong and woman have equal writes as man. Unfortuently the bible still affects the Christian attitude towards the role of woman, people may think that since the saints and those inspired by God wrote that woman are less, then it must be the way God thinks. This leads on to man treating woman as less equal.

As well the bible affects the attitude towards what jobs woman may perform, some say they should stay at home raise children and pray silently like all the good woman in the stories told in the bible. Others say they are allowed to work as times have changed, and that God wants man and woman to be equal as can be read in Paul's letters to Galatians 3.26-8 "Through faith...all of you are God's children...So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between men and woman; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus. "

As well we can read in the bible in Genesis 1: 27 that God created woman and men on his image and therefore one can assume that this surely mean that woman are not less then men. These sort of passages affect a Christians attitude positively on the role of woman. However there is also the issue of woman being priests, and weather or not they can perform that role. Some say no as we read in the bible that Jesus chose only men for his disciples, while others say yes as woman are said to be equal as everything is equal and as well there is nothing stooping them in performing the job of a priest like it should be done.

The bible affects greatly I think what a Christians attitudes is towards the role of woman. What they should do, how should they act, if they are even fully human, whether or not they are allowed to speak, out in the first letter to Corinthians 14. 33-5 we learn that no that they should keep quiet while we read over and over in the bible that woman are equal to man.

However, in to-days world amongst many people what the bible says about woman doesn't have a huge impact on what woman do, it may affect how the think at the back of their head, but generally now a days woman are accepted and treated as equals.