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Virgin Offered as a Burnt Offering

An observation from this weekend. 

I attended a funeral for a relative of mine who recently had passed away. She was a member of the Eastern Star (an order associated with Free Masonry). My aunt was a wonderful lady, generous and kind and full of good works to her family and community. My thoughts here are not in relation to her, or to the Order itself, it has more to do with the scriptural references that were used.  In association to the five pointed star that symbolizes their Order, they referenced several Biblical figures as exemplars to consider.
Three of the five caught my attention as ladies from the Order spoke
·         Adah (daughter of Jephthah)
·         Ruth
·         Esther

These heroines of the Bible, persevered seemingly because of their faith in G-D and their submission to men. Men wrote the words that eventually became codified and now make up the B-I-B-L-E. Good women know their place in the order of things. These are stories, and I love stories. However, to lay these stories out as examples that women should emulate, well, it just horrifies me. The story of Adah is especially troubling as she was sacrificed as an offering to G-D simply because her father made a vow that his honor demanded that he keep. Stupid and barbaric. Not an example that young women should seek to follow. Again, I like stories, but these examples are simply that, glimpses into another age and how they understood the world.  They are not relevant to our current times and age.

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