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dpibel

(3,741 posts)
6. Why be hypertechnical?
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 09:40 PM
17 hrs ago
She wrote:

In Genesis, God says that it is not good for man to
be alone, so He created a helper for man (which is a woman). Many people assume the word
“helper” in this context to be condescending and offensive to women. However, the original
word in Hebrew is “ezer kenegdo” and that directly translates to “helper equal to”. Additionally,
God describes Himself in the Bible using “ezer kenegdo”, or “helper”, and He describes His

Holy Spirit as our Helper as well. This shows the importance God places on the role of the helper
(women’s roles). God does not view women as less significant than men. He created us with
such intentionally and care and He made women in his image of being a helper, and in the image
of His beauty. If leaning into that role means I am “following gender stereotypes” then I am
happy to be following a stereotype that aligns with the gifts and abilities God gave me as a
woman.


Are you arguing that because she merely says, "In Genesis," as opposed to "In Genesis X:XX" she isn't citing the Bible?

She not only uses Genesis to support her argument, she purports to be a scholar of Hebrew and provides us with the proper translation of a term used in Genesis.

I'm not sure how this translates into you being all steamed at the reporter who used "cited."

BTW, in the stupid amount of time I spent searching for the actual essay, I ran across a veritable plethora of articles that used the very word "cited" to refer to what she did. You must be mad at a lot of people.

I'm just wondering why.

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To start with OK is ranked 50th in education. Their university now says you really don't need to know anything flashman13 18 hrs ago #1
I dunno who would hire OU students. But then look at LibertyU - excellent penetration(!) into the gov't. erronis 18 hrs ago #2
She didn't cite the Bible in her paper dsc 18 hrs ago #3
Does her religion have specific prohibitions against using citations in an academic paper? Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #4
Why be hypertechnical? dpibel 17 hrs ago #6
yes I am saying exactly and precisely that dsc 17 hrs ago #9
Please point me to where the zero was based on this dpibel 17 hrs ago #11
The instructions for the paper literally said to cite sources dsc 17 hrs ago #12
give me a break! the instructions given for the 'paper' quite clearly encompass and invite student 'opinion' stopdiggin 16 hrs ago #13
Informed opinions are fine. intheflow 6 hrs ago #18
Here is a link dpibel 16 hrs ago #14
You are correct. The other poster is wrong. Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #10
Blame the reporter for her poor work. Conjuay 17 hrs ago #8
https://kfor.com Students demanding teacher assistant be reinstated Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #5
I read at least one reference to the teacher assistant being "award winning" Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #16
This is what the RWNJshave been doing lonely bird 17 hrs ago #7
I live with markie 8 hrs ago #17
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