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Mojo,
I totally agree that many of those attitudes don't reflect modern Christianity. The problem is an inherently logical fallicy within Christian belief. That being that the word of the Bible is the infallible word of God. The Bible specifically details a woman's place as below that of men even though they are to be treated with respect. The New Testament and Old Testament alike tell slaves to honor their masters and designate a specific slave class. Now if the Bible is indeed ultimately true how can we get around the facts that it tells women to unquestionably obey their husbands and that the decendents of Ham were to be slaves to his brothers decendents? Both ideas are repugnant now, but they are the word of God. Sure times have changed but if the Bible's message changes with those times (which it has) how can we say that it is an infallible book upon which to base our faith. That would be to imply that the word and intent of God changes as society changes. So is God based on society? If so this can't be a true God. Beyond the biblical contradictions you also have to admit that even though the church doesn't specifically dictate women to be barefooted in the kitchen that the message women recieve every Sunday at church doesn't exactly make them prone to burst of feminism.
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"The courts that first rode the warhorse of virtual representation into battle on the res judicata front invested their steed with near-magical properties." ~27 F.3d 751
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