Bus Stop Rhetoric

I walk every day at lunch. Well, almost every day, unless it's raining, or too cold, or too hot, or ______ (fill in the blank). Still, I manage to walk 3 - 4 times per week for about 20 - 40 minutes. Depending of the weather my route varies to stay in or out of the sun, depending on whether I'm trying to stay warm or cool. On one of my routes there is a typical blue metal and glass bus stop with three walls, a roof, and a bench. At one end is a panel with a large poster advertisment for the Huminist organization.

The top half has a black background with white lettering, titled What Some People Believe, and it includes a quote from the New International Version of the Bible. "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a women to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent (1 Timothy 2)". The bottom half has a white background with black lettering, titled What Humanists Think, and it includes a quote from Robert Ingersoll. "The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred - marriage should be a perfect partnership. (April 13, 1878)"

Dispite the fact that the color and wording of the poster is calculated to sway and mislead, the real problem of course is that this is another case of a verse that has been taken out of context. The verse from 1 Timothy 2:11 turns out to be paraphrased on the poster, and not a direct quote from the NIV version I found online. Their campain which includes other examples is being presented as an argument, presumably against Christianity, without an understanding of the Bible or of it's greater message. As it turns out, I was not able to confirm the quote from Mr. Intersoll either, nevertheless, I would agree with the statement about the rights and sacredness of men and women, and the perfection of marriage.