Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mls@sfsup.att.com (Mike Siemon) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sexism in the church Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:04:16 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , cctr114@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes: > >In article , mls@sfsup.att.com (Mike Siemon) writes: > [snip] > >Now if a woman says that she feels she has been called to the preaching > >ministry, I think there are valid reasons to say that she has not. The Lord Please take some care in editing included material. Those who have been following this thread probably realize that the "Now if a woman says ..." was written by Ake Eldberg, and I was quoting it to take exception, as is the current note from Bill Rea. Note that I am entirely in favor of women's ordination to the priesthood, as well as to the less sacerdotal orders of more Protestant churches than my own, Anglican, one. There is no scriptural "manual for ordination," with rubrics about qualifications. Epistolary mention of deacons and presbyters and episcopes requires some rather "creative" interpretation to come up with any of our current schemes, and reliance on tradition can take one only so far, particularly where traditional exclusion has no base in the gospel. -- Michael L. Siemon I say "You are gods, sons of the m.siemon@ATT.COM Most High, all of you; nevertheless ...!att!attunix!mls you shall die like men, and fall standard disclaimer like any prince." Psalm 82:6-7