So I have a bet with some posters in another place

[higgs2]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

 

[Yarddog]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

Why would you get banned?

 

[Dark_Lite]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

I think your posters in another place better pay up quick.

 

[drstevej]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

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[Catherineanne]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

No you will not get banned for saying that. In fact, it is true, women priests are a great asset to my church, and I am sure to many others.

 

[[serious]]

I've got a female pastor. I think you're gonna make some cash.

 

[laconicstudent]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

Of course you can say that. I think you are wrong, but its not against the forum rules to disagree with me.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

that if I say I think female clergy are a godsend and long overdue (even though many have been aroundfor 20 yers or more) that I won't get banned.

What do you think? Will I?

As long as said pastor isn't gay of course.

 

[drstevej]

Endorsing female pastors is A-OK here as is not endorsing female pastors.

 

[higgs2]

Lol, some people reading this must be hopelessly confused!

I am. I am scared, as well.

 

[Almighty's humble servant]

As long as said pastor isn't gay of course.

Being a woman is not an abomination.

 

[Catherineanne]

I feel threatened by this post. Are you saying you might ban me?

Adults choose their feelings.

Choose again. I recommend choosing to laugh, instead.

 

[drstevej]

I'm not paranoid about being banned for an opinion.

Is there a theological topic for this thread?

 

[Catherineanne]

Is there a theological topic for this thread?

It would appear not.

The question as I see it, motivated by some form of bet, is roughly:

Is Christian Forum the kind of place where the ordination of women can be freely debated, with views both for and against tolerated, or are any proponents of women's ordination necessarily debarred from debate, and banned from the Forum.

Several answers have been presented, all pretty much saying that free debate and the free interchange of ideas is, indeed, tolerated. These answers have not really been answered, the only issue that was raised from them by the OP was whether Capitalisation Necessarily Constitutes a Threat. I very much doubt it, or libraries and bookshops throughout the land would be in grave danger of police raids.

We now only have to find out quite how much the OP has won, and how she is going to share it with us.

 

[drstevej]

It would appear not.

The question as I see it, motivated by some form of bet, is roughly:

Is Christian Forum the kind of place where the ordination of women can be freely debated, with views both for and against tolerated, or are any proponents of women's ordination necessarily debarred from debate, and banned from the Forum.

I suspect you are right in your summary. And if that is the case, this thread belongs in Member Services rather than this sub forum and is off topic here.

 

[higgs2]

It would appear not.

The question as I see it, motivated by some form of bet, is roughly:

Is Christian Forum the kind of place where the ordination of women can be freely debated, with views both for and against tolerated, or are any proponents of women's ordination necessarily debarred from debate, and banned from the Forum.

Several answers have been presented, all pretty much saying that free debate and the free interchange of ideas is, indeed, tolerated. These answers have not really been answered, the only issue that was raised from them by the OP was whether Capitalisation Necessarily Constitutes a Threat. I very much doubt it, or libraries and bookshops throughout the land would be in grave danger of police raids.

We now only have to find out quite how much the OP has won, and how she is going to share it with us.

I put it in theology because I thought the ordination of women was, for some, a theological question.

I won *big bucks*. I will be donating the entire lot to Scholarships for Women going into the Priesthood.

Thanks for you your help, guys.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Being a woman is not an abomination.

Huh?

 

[[serious]]

I suspect you are right in your summary. And if that is the case, this thread belongs in Member Services rather than this sub forum and is off topic here.

Since when does motivation of the post determine where it goes? Whether women should be eligible for the priesthood is a legitimate theological question.

 

[scraparcs]

I suggest adding the notion that the church is quite nearly the only place where half the workforce is excluded from a position solely due to gender differences.

 

[higgs2]

I suggest adding the notion that the church is quite nearly the only place where half the workforce is excluded from a position solely due to gender differences.

Well, to be fair, it depends on the church. :yes: