Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: oracle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Brian T. Coughlin) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: ambitious women may approach the altar now ... Message-ID: Date: 27 May 91 03:09:46 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 38 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Re: David H. Wagner In article , math1h3@jetson.uh.edu writes, in response to [someone]: >> If Jesus felt that a woman (or women) were fit to be the first to >> receive the Good News of his resurrection, and felt that they were fit >> to carry that Good News to tell men when he first rose from the grave, >> why would he feel them unfit to carry that same Good News to men today? >You are speaking of evangelism. Women exercise the gift of evangelism >all the time; that does not make them pastors. [...] >I don't think women must always try to win over unbelievers 'without words.' >That wouldn't make much sense. But they do need to be submissive to their >own husbands. Hi, David! One of the main topic of debate is, in fact, whether the Scripture quotations in question (i.e. the ones you cite about woman submission to man) is proper to the 1st century or not. Paul also exhorts slaves to obey their human masters with the same reverence that they owe Christ, in the very next chapter (Ephesians 6:5-9), but I doubt very much if you, sir, would advocate the return of slavery for the sole purpose of fulfilling this Scriptural command. No, there are obviously MANY instances of where Paul was emphasizing SOCIAL law of the time... and NOT Spiritual law (i.e. many of Paul's exhortations were directed specifically at a 1st century society). The question is: is the issue of "women submitting to men" one of those 1st century edicts that is no longer applicable in our day and age? I say yes. ---- Take care! Sincerely, Brian Coughlin oracle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu