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ancianita

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8. Two thousand years ago, Jesus was the first feminist.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:29 PM
12 hrs ago

All Jesus followers (but not the Paul followers) are feminist like he was. And Jesus was not about religion, anyway. There are patriarchal christians, and then there are Christ followers.




Paul, who was not Jesus, finally recognizes Jesus's feminism in his letter to the Galatians 3:28, where he states,
"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". This scripture emphasizes the unity and equality of all believers in God, asserting that earthly divisions like ethnicity and gender are insignificant in Christ.

Which means that unity in Christ is a spiritual unity that transcends social, ethnic, and gender divides that were prominent in the first century.
Paul claims in his New Testament letter to the Galatians that all people are equal as children of God, regardless of their background or social status, and that one's ultimate worth and belonging are found in their spiritual connection, not in worldly distinctions.
Paul, in spite of his sexual hangups, still follows Jesus, and calls on others as fellow children of God and to break down the walls that create division.

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