Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!snorkelwacker!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ian@essex.ac.uk (Crookston I) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Paul and moral theology Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 90 07:30:23 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lines: 11 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu If I read one more time that Paul didn't allow women to speak in Church, I'll scream. What about I Cor 11 5? Either Paul was a rank charlatan or I Cor 14 34 has to be interpreted so as to be consistent with I Cor 11 5. One possible such interpretation is suggested by I Cor 14 35 - it's wrong for women to slow a meeting down with questions that can easily be answered at home. This puts women under the same responsibility as men - if you've some thing to say worth saying, such as a prophecy as mentioned in I Cor 11 5, say it, otherwise, keep quiet. But whatever the eventual interpretation, I Cor 14 34 does not encapsulate Paul's, let alone the Bible's teaching on women in meetings any more than I Cor 7 32 encapsulates the Bible's teaching on marriage.