Any answer is welcome, but there is an actual unbiased factual answer to this riddle.
(My riddles cannot usually be Googled, cause I usually think of them as I am recovering from heat stroke after working in the hot sun. - chagrin)
2007-08-03 07:58:46 · 6 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Clue: If you know me, you know I am not a male chauvinist. - so please don't call me that horrible name.
2007-08-03 08:03:47 · update #1
Dear Jim, I mean "church leadership" before Paul, and in Most (90%) of all Jewish and Christian churches.
2007-08-03 08:05:23 · update #2
Dear "No 1 " - I am sorry I offended you.
2007-08-03 08:06:28 · update #3
Clue: I am not saying it was right, If I give you more clues I will ruin the riddle for you. --
2007-08-03 08:09:08 · update #4
Dear Jackie, -- oh but it is based on fact. Fact that both the religious and the non religious R/S members will agree to. (when I tell them what fact it was based on)
2007-08-03 08:10:36 · update #5
Reminder: I am not saying it was the right thing to do, I am saying it was doomed from the start. -- If I gave one more clue, everyone would guess it. And it would ruin the riddle for you.
2007-08-03 08:13:06 · update #6
DIDN'T you know...Everything was made by a MAN???
that sounded good to me...
I just wanted to say
(((((HI UNCLE)))))
2007-08-03 08:05:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its an odd riddle since its not based in fact. The early church was quite diverse, with some groups being patriarchal in structure and others more egalitarian. There are a number of murals that show women as priests, and even letters that talk about correcting churches where women were acting as priests (that some in the church thought it had to be corrected means it was happening.) There were even groups like the Montanists which appear to have accepted women as leaders of the moments. Even up to the point of the Irish monastic groups women were in leadership positions---with abbesses being in charge of both male and female houses.
Sooo, you're riddle can't be answered.
(Also, I don't get it, you're talking about the early church between the time of Christ's resurrection to the 90's when Paul--who supported women leading in the church--wrote? That's what, a whole 60 years?)
2007-08-03 15:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jackie L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it had to be. To get a small religion off the ground during a time and in a part of the world that was dominated by men. To give women any authority, credit, or power would have been suicide for the early church.
Look up The Council of Nicaes commissioned by Constantine in 325 AD. This is where they decided which books made it into our bible. Paul, someone who had never met Jesus in the flesh, really bashed women in his writings. His books made it in. The Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene, two of Jesus's closest relative and companion, didn't. The Virgin Mary was the only person with Jesus from birth to death. Mary Magdalene was with Jesus at his death. None of the twelve were with him when he died on the cross. Mary Magdalene was also the first person to see Jesus when he arose. Jesus gave much to women. The first and subsequent leaders of the church took it away.
2007-08-03 16:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by Brad M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the founders were jews.
jesus rebuked mary m. but let thomas touch him.
the segregation of the sexes stems from the jewish heritage.
same reason there are no jewish female rabbi's.
2007-08-03 16:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What does hierarchy and unbiased mean?
2007-08-04 15:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by Nijg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it was ordained by God, as anyone who reads Paul 's letters can determine for themselves.
I sure do love the doom of Christians. :)
I hope this helps.
Jim,
2007-08-03 15:02:59 · answer #6 · answered by JimPettis 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋