faroukfarouk
Fading curmudgeon
I hope you are note equating following Paul literally about male preachers, with slavery? Apples and oranges.It's wonderful that your father is a Baptist pastor but that doesn't mean his interpretation of the scriptures, and therefore yours as well, are the ones that are absolutely correct without fail. The Bible I read, printed in Swedish, is not how it was originally written nor does it provide all necessary information about the time period it was written in. If everyone agreed with you that all that was necessary to perfectly understand the Bible is to read it and take it absolutely literally, then there wouldn't be divinity schools and theological seminaries and people who dedicate years of their life to learning about scripture.
You are correct that each believer has the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Bible is the living, breathing, growing word of God. That is why I fully believe that God wants us each to make the most of ourselves and our gifts. To use them to glorify God. That means if there are women with the gifts and the abilities to lead a church, then they should. Don't you think women who've been ordained have felt the Holy Spirit compelling them? That the Bible is living is precisely why it's so imperative to understand the historical context of verses. All living things grow. Decrees for the way of life for 2000 years ago may or may not reflect the will of God for those of us living today. None of us follow every verse of the Bible absolutely literally because we recognize what was historical, allegorical, or timeless. You don't own slaves, do you? You recognize those verses reflected the time they were written in, correct?
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