Though I hate the term and all the cliche stereotypes that come with it, I am a bit of a feminist. Pretty much everyone knows that things weren't all that good for women in the Bible. I knew that going in. I prepared myself for it and steeled myself against my gut reactions when I read things that made me angry and sad for the women that didn't get to experience the lifestyle I do.
I've been so impressed that I haven't yet railed on the injustices against women in Bible. I'm 4 days away from finishing reading the entire Bible and I almost made it. Almost but not quite.
I've heard about the parts of the Bible that describe a woman's role in the church...which would be no role at all. And it made me angry but nothing quite prepared me for reading the words, supposedly from God Himself, in harsh black and white type.
1 Timothy 2:11-12
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man; she must be silent."
There's not much I can say as a response to that - except this: I've known some amazing woman ministers. To silence them would be to rob us of a gift from God.
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