Thinking about God, The Word...
God's WORD makes Him accessible; our word makes us as human beings accessible...God's essence is found in the WORD; our essence is expressed in and by our voice. To be created in the image of God is to have a voice and speak our voice out into the world. Anything that silences someone's voice destroy's God's image within that person. Forced silence essentially destroys personhood.
When it comes to domestic violence, abuse, patriarchal control in churches, fear and control - it would seem sin in these areas do force a "be quiet and do not tell" atmosphere through its intimidation to be silenced. Something to consider when we are told to go - to be disciples - and yet we can be controlled or limited because of things such as an abusive situation, our gender, our denomimational beliefs....
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