Why does the Bible tell women to be quiet in church?

Question

1 Corinthians 14:33-35. Perhaps I'm misreading things, but I think it seems sexist.

Answer 1

Oh, women are such jibber jabberers, someone had to say something.

Answer 2

In the early days of Jewish traditions, women were going to services separated from their husbands like how the Muslims are praying in their mosques even in these generation. When the Christians were allowing the women for the first time to join there family (remember they were converts into Christianity), it must have been a new experience for the women so they probably were caught asking their husbands what was going on in the services or probably asking their husbands, "what is this speaking in tongue he is talking about?" or " what would you like to eat after this?"or " where do we go after the mass?". It is not sexist although those women were not really as equally free as our women today. It is just adjusting to a new form of worship.

Answer 3

I think it has something to do with back then, when it was written, women would come to church and make it more of a social session. And they would disagree with whatever was being said...more than the men. It was just warning women to be quiet and to listen, instead of turning a religious gathering into a gossip fest. It may sound racist, but it was written for issues at that time. I think it still applies today. I also think that it applies to men as well, but at the time it was women that were causing the problems. Also, I think things were a bit racist when 1 Corinthians was written.

I could be wrong, but that's what I was always told growing up.

Answer 4

I think that your first answer had it right. Women in some places weren't used to the learning atmosphere. If you go to certain churches, when the pastor starts speaking EVERYONE gets quiet. I think that it was just something new to the women of those times.

Answer 5

This is a letter to a particular church that had problems with noise in their church. Women of that time did not get much if any education and so during service they would ask their husband questions and interupt the service.
The letter is giving them some instructions on how they should behave so that the service is not being interupted.


This is what I have read and been told and it seems very reasonable to me.

Answer 6

Men have there role in the Church and women have theres. They are both equal and holy.

Don't look at it as sexist. It is The Bible, Gods word. Its either God commanding it, or a man. You choose, one choice is heretical.

Guess which one.

Answer 7

that's exactly what it says

but simply ignore it. xians have already explained away why that scripture isn't valid today anymore.

rememerb, it's only the anti-gay scriptures that are menat for everyone, and for the present time.

remember: just the anti-gay stuff. and a few of the commandments, as long as they don't make your life TOO inconvenient.

a lot of the other stuff only addresses certain people, or were only meant for that particular time when paul was hating on women.

ignore it. cherry pick that bible like a good xian!

Answer 8

It says that women should not be the head pastor, They can be in other leadership positions but a man should be at the top.
I don't agree with this but that is what it says

Answer 9

So, let me get this straight...you've only now just noticed some gender disparity in religion? Congratulations! Now onto the next discovery...don't you think this whole television thing is really going to get popular?

Answer 10

Paul is the one who said that cause he was a fool