Created To Be His Help Meet<\/a>, pp. 57-58<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nAs I\u2019ve been making my way through Debi\u2019s Created To Be His Help Meet, one question I\u2019ve gotten from readers pretty regularly is \u201cwhy do women buy into this?\u201d Given that Debi is telling women that they must submit to their husbands in everything<\/em>, this seems a pretty good question. The next several installments will be dedicated to the insidious and manipulative\u00a0coercion\u00a0that\u00a0suffices\u00a0Debi\u2019s work.<\/p>\nDebi\u2019s first four chapters were titled \u201cGod\u2019s Gift,\u201d \u201cA Merry Heart,\u201d \u201cA Thankful Spirit,\u201d and \u201cThanksgiving Produces Joy.\u201d We have just finished chapter five, \u201cThe Gift of Wisdom.\u201d It just so happens that the entirety of chapters six and seven, \u201cThe Beginning of Wisdom\u201d and \u201cWisdom \u2013 While There Is Yet Hope,\u201d are made up of threats aimed at making sure women know better than to question or reject Debi\u2019s advice. This will be a theme, then, of the next four or five review installments.<\/p>\n
Here is how Debi begins this section:<\/p>\n
Fear.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWisdom is conceived in a strange place. It is fathered by fear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom<\/em>. While this phrase may sound odd to those not raised religious, I grew up hearing it quite often. It\u2019s actually a fairly common Christian phrase. In fact, I even grew up singing it in church.<\/p>\n