Why is it a given that women have to work outside the home? (I am in no way opposed to women studying and even mastering a subject area as many FReeper women have -- Just asking why it necessarily has to lead to employment. Did Mary have an office overlooking Main Street Nazereth or wherever?).
I would remind you that isolating will not change anything.
It will not change "out there" but it will prevent us from changing to match.
Part of the way that Christians do a very good service by being examples to those who are not yet part of the body of CHrist
It was nice when that theory could be applied without fear of persecution. Now it won't be long until you have to go underground as a Christian or risk the worst.
Inspite of what you may think not all women marry. There are women who need to work to support themselves. We do not live in a 7th century society the way the islamo nut jobs do. Nor do we live in a solely agrarian society that would allow women to merely be part of the homestead. Even in the 1800s in this country women worked outside of the home if they were single (even if they lived in their parents household).
“It was nice when that theory could be applied without fear of persecution. “ And when in history was that??? No where that I can see. From the earliest of days Christians have been persecuted ( and far worse than what we see in the US). The Middle East today persecutes Christians by slaughtering them. If we chose to isolate and avoid our responsibilities the outcome is by our own hands not that of the persecutors. “Good” Christians avoided so much in NAZI Germany that the likes of Hitler came to power. They could have stopped him had they only tried.
Hiding my head in the sand does not make a problem go away.