Cheryl

Don,

That is a good point – that hierarchists say the verses about women are clear, yet they disagree amongst each other about what the verses mean and the extent of the restriction. If it is so clear, then why do some say women are not allowed to pray and prophesy in church (MacArthur) while others allow women to pray and prophesy but limit them in the ability to judge prophecy? The fact is that the hard passages about women are indeed hard. They can be understood, but one must work hard to understand them in context and without contradiction with the rest of scripture. You have made such a good point that saying these passages are “clear” to the average reader and then coming up with a different meaning and a different extent of restriction for women, just proves that their “clear” proof text verses are indeed not so clear to them.