Rahab

It’s the testosterone – it rots their brains.

Seriously, the brothers get very frustrated when the inferior women refuse to bow to their superior knowlege. They really get upset when your scholarship is better than theirs.

Those with brains of the clamshell variety aren’t going to change their minds. Paul could come back and explain to them what he ment and they would not accept it.

The good news is that there are many out there (both men and women) who are sincere seekers of truth and are listening to what you are saying. They are examining the texts and the discussion and are seeking the Lord for understanding. The tide is turning. That really is what has the complementarians rattled.

While I believe there are sincere complementarians who are concerned because they perceive a violation of scripture, I believe many more are motivated by the threatened loss of their power. Religion is a profession for them. Could you imagine what would happen in the SBC if women actually had a voice or (heaven forbid) a candidate at the Convention?

How about we free the sisters FROM the SBC?

I have met some wonderful people in the SBC. Many of them have been forced to leave by the relentless drive to fundamentalism undertaken by the leadership of the SBC and the gradual erosion of freedom of conscience that they have enforced.

I just thought about my last comment:

You know what is really sad? 50 years ago or so you could take all these arguments and replace the word WOMAN with NEGRO. Same spirit, different target. At least they aren’t debating whether or not we have souls.

The leaders in the charge against women (make no mistakes about this, they are AGAINST women) is the Southern Baptist Convention. The leadership of this group is filled with racist, biggotted leaders. I know. I went to an SBC college. They finally appologized for their stand on slavery and racism in the mid 1990’s. They are led by fundamentalists who truly belive American society went to hell when women were allowed to vote.

In the last update to the Baptist Faith and Message, their doctrinal statement, they removed a line that has been part of the Message since its initial printing. Freedom of conscience. No longer as a Southern Baptist are you allowed to disagree with the stated doctrine. No longer are you allowed to have an opinion on non-essentials.

You cannot speak in tongues and be a Southern Baptist. You cannot hold an egalitarian point of view and be a Southern Baptist. You can’t hold to any form of Arminian theology and be Southern Baptist (does anyone in their right mind REALLY believe in double predestination?!)

You know what makes me maddest of all? Lottie Moon was a phenomenal SBC missionary. Their missions fundraising drive is named after her. She would not be allowed on the mission field today by the SBC. But it’s okay for her name to be involved to milk the masses of their money.

This is the same spirit of prejudice that caused the SBC to hold to slavery and teach that African Americans have no soul (this was taught in the South well into the 1970’s). The complimentarian camp is not bringing scholarly debate to the table. They are coming with the same load of demonically motivated garbage that they brought to the race debate. They are twisting scripture to protect their vested interests. There is no more honesty in them now than there was when they opposed Martin Luther King.

Well, CBMW just proves that asses have their uses:

1. Speaking words when God injects them into their mouths – the rest of the time they simply bray (or is that the clanging of a cymbal that I hear?)

2. Having their jawbone used to kill Philistines.

Other than that, they don’t really bring anything to the discussion worth listening to. Their spiritual decendent is that nutcase in Kansas, Fred Phelps – God hates everyone but me. You must agree with my doctrine or you are going to hell.

Jesus never, ever said that men would know us by our doctrine. He said that people would know his disciples by their love for one another. Can’t you just FEEL the love from CBMW? Maybe I should throw the souls back into hell that have been saved in my meetings – after all, they can’t REALLY be saved if a WOMAN preached the gospel to them, now CAN they?

You know what is really sad? 50 years ago or so you could take all these arguments and replace the word WOMAN with NEGRO. Same spirit, different target. At least they aren’t debating whether or not we have souls.