Is 1st Timothy 2:12 implying that christians should be against having a female president?

Question

please help me to see your point of view about this scripture.

Answer 1

I struggle with the same question. I believe that it is ok to have a female teacher; in fact, most k-12 teachers are female. Where do you draw the line? They are the authority. I do not think God wants women to sit back with bettering themselves in their career. So I think a female president is not a problem in God's eyes (although I think I would cry if Hillary ever became our president). I think God is refering to a marriage of a male and female and in no other sense. It is hard for me to interpret His words though because I feel that if I am wrong I am sinning against Him. As long as my heart is in the right place I do feel secure about my thoughts on this issue. God bless!

Breanna

Answer 2

How could it, when there weren't any kind of presidents at that time?
Exegesis is sorely neglected in most American churches, particularly fundamentalist.
Instead, preachers begin with an idea they wish to prove then find something vaguely similar in Scripture to prove it!
First, consider to whom it had been written. They lived under an Empire, women had no vote (not that men did either) no rights as all people have today. Work was strictly divided by sex, with men having the traditional male occupations exclusively, women confined to housework, picking crops and things like that. Education was practically unknown among women and literacy was even rare among men.
Today, the sexes are equal. Women work the same and often better jobs than men, outside the home. Women have often better education than men. The law sees women and men as equal and in many respects the same. Women do vote most everywhere but Saudi Arabia, a notoriously anti-christian country, and have very effectively run countries on most continents, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Christian.
Finally, anything the Bible doesn't actually say it should not be made to say. No where is it written, "Women shall not preside over democracies."
The very idea to force it to say so demonstrate how far America has come from the Liberal precepts of our founding fathers.
It is Fascist to make it say such a wicked thing.

Answer 3

1Tim 2:12 is implying that Christians should be against having a female teacher, manager, CEO, judge, leader of any sort (providing her subordinates include a man). But that doesn't stop us.

An alternate specific interpretation contends that the US President might not have power "over" any man, but instead has the power to enforce LAW's power over man. If you allow for this use of power by proxy, a woman president with an entirely female cabinet and staff would be permissible.

But let's be honest. If we interpreted the Good Book literally everywhere we'd keep kosher, marry at 13, punish adultery with death, etc. Why start here?

Answer 4

What is the interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12, "a woman must be silent?" Does this mean that women shouldn't preach?

If you want to take an in depth look at all that Paul is saying in 1 Timothy 2:12 it may be worth getting hold of a good commentary study. But let me just touch on some main points. First, the text clearly does not mean that women are forbidden to preach or teach, because we have examples to the contrary from Jesus, Himself, and from the early Christian church as well as our own church history. The situation that is being described by Paul is of behavior within a specific cultural context. In that culture, a woman speaking publicly in a worship setting would cause disgrace within the church, and cause others in the general community to view the church as scandalous.

Let’s look at some examples of women who have been entrusted by God to deliver spiritual messages to their faith communities.

The first public evangelist was the Woman at the Well (John 4)who preached the gospel message to her entire city (Samaria).

The first public proclamation of the resurrection was by Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9-11) whom Jesus instructed to inform to the other disciples of His resurrection. Later Jesus rebuked the disciples (Mark 16:14) because they had refused to believe the message.

The early church utilized women in positions of teaching, preaching, and church leadership: For example, Phoebe was greeted as a fellow apostle by the Apostle Paul, Priscilla taught the evangelist Apollos and, contrary to custom, she was listed first before her husband Aquilla, Lydia was the leader of the congregation which was established in her own home.

Answer 5

Once upon a time people believed Earth was the center of solar system. Today no one does. Let us respect scriptures. They give us a lot. But we must not accept any thing that takes away any ones rights. We must understand that roles have changed a lot and not all these things could have been perceived way back in those times.

Answer 6

According to the expositor's study bible (KJ V). This scripture is addressing Christian characteristic, which is to be the attraction of Christian Women. It means that if a male teacher is more qualified, then he should take the lead; otherwise the woman can do so. There should be silence regarding teachings unless there is no qualified man, which is the case sometimes.

Answer 7

No child, a woman CAN become anything she wishes. All gods children are equal and ALL humans are gods children in or out of the church!.. Sorry but them Catholics messed with the bible way back when.(YES I SAW THAT!) They deleted some words, changed some texts for their own designs and generally just botched the whole thing up so now everyone is confused and bickering over nothing!.. STOP IT!.. Love and forbearance in all things.. that is all you need know!

Answer 8

No, remember it was a different culture. What was happening was women were standing up during the service and asking questions at inappropiate times. Kinda like if you just stood up during the middle of church and asked the pastor to give a little more detail. They were to wait until later or after service and approach their husbands for further explanation of the message. That's what I found out

Answer 9

Q: Why did the woman cross the road?

A: Who cares, tell that Wench to get back in the Kitchen.

The fact that Christianity (along with most major world religions) is Misogynistic is well established. If women turn their back on this religion, the men will follow...

Answer 10

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