In the gender binary that we live in, most people think men are more important than women. People argue Christianity says the same thing. From hearing about what goes on in our world, this is completely understandable. Women have had a lot of abuse from the church in history, but what people fail to know is that Jesus is one of women's biggest allies.
In the Bible, Jesus has never brought down a women. He has down quite the opposite. Every single encounter Jesus has with a women has been a positive one, where the women are elevated.
During the time that Jesus lived, women had basically no rights. Men could divorce them for no reason, were treated as property, and weren't even allowed to leave their house without a male escort. Jesus did just the opposite, and gave great honor to women. He taught women, he healed women, and he even saved one woman from being stoned to death.
One fact most people do not know is that women were the first missionaries sent out after Jesus' resurrection.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’” - Mark 16:6-7
Jesus loved and respected women so much that he gave them the responsibility to be the first to go out and tell the great news! I understand how a person could say that religion does not always value women, but it would be a complete lie to say that about Jesus.
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