Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sexism in the church?? Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 91 06:29:49 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of NC at Charlotte Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , JKH107@psuvm.psu.edu (Joy Haftel) writes: > Genesis 3:16 > > I Timothy 2:11-15 > "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not > a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in > silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, > > I find the passage in Timothy offensive. It seems as Paul is taking his > them. Any thoughts or comments would be welcome. > One of the explanations that I heard from this passage comes from (believe it or not) a Baptist male preacher. He said that the letter was directed to a particular church (I cannot recall which) where the women and men were having problems with each other, and the women were disrupting the church services as a result. The preacher said that the letter was solution to a particular problem in one church, and is not meant to apply to to all of us.