Does this verse prove that Christian women don't belong on R&S?

Question

Come on...you know which one I'm talking about:

1 Timothy 2:12
"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."

I mean, I guess they could ask questions, but shouldn't only Christian MEN be answering? After all, was it not Eve that was first deceived?

Answer 1

the contempt shown to women in the bible, to me, helps show that the scripture is based more on the word of MAN, than a God. this way of thinking held the female of our species back within society for thousands of years until the suffragette movemnet in the 19/20C


why would a God give the miracle of creation to the female, then have her classed as second to man?

Answer 2

Don't belong in R&S..?
Revelation 8:1 proves there are no women in heaven!*

I suppose it all depends on what sort of authority you accord to these passages, and what sort of hermeneutic you bring to them. If the view is of divine inspiration and inerrancy, it's not so easy to adopt the "local, cultural, historic" interpretations which some Christian churches will have no trouble with.


(*joking, but I have seen verses handled that badly!)

Answer 3

Yes you are right but how ever with the women's liberation movement women have taken on a different role, if you live your life by the bible women should be in silence and in subjection to the man, now many have turned a blind eye to that scripture, the bible says that the woman was made for the sake of the man, the theocratic way is God, Jesus, Man and then women. Are we doing according to his will? Many will have to ponder with that.

Answer 4

If you are not a Christian Woman, then you have no true desire to know the Truth, or to understanding the text. But you think your question is designed to be clever, to suppose that Christian Women must be silent about their faith in Jesus, I don't think that is ever going to happen. Unless you are Born Again, you have no place asking such questions, If you were Born Again, you would sincerely want to understand that text for the right reasons, which would be for your own good, and not someone else's judgement.

Answer 5

but wait - isn't that paul referring to a specific situation.

it would be like Paul going to the artic - andtellling all the eskimos they should wear warm coats to church. Obviously that is important in a cold country - but here in Australia we need different advice.

you'll find different advice in 1 cor 11 - where the woman are allowed to pray and prophesy. So they are obviously talking There were churches in Acts which were only women

I don't think woman should preach-give sermon based on the verse you meantioned. But I feel becaues of other passages where the women were obviously involved, this suggests that women can have a place here on YA!

Answer 6

they were not the words of jesus, but the words of men who held prejudicial views towards women

i dont take any religious text for its literal truth

Answer 7

1st question: No
2nd question: No
3rd question: Yes

Women are not to hold the office of a pastor-teacher, as the first requirement of a pastor-teacher according to scripture is that he be a man.

Answer 8

But fundamentalism is only about a literal interpretation of scripture when it serves the purpose of fundamentalism. It doesn't apply when it might be inconvenient.

Answer 9

U wanna try telling a Fundy Fem this??

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Answer 10

Clever. No, that's only referring to church.

Women are not in "authority" here.