Mark

Hannah and Cheryl,

THe scenario you gave Hannah is quite true because both a man or woman have an equal responsibility in that sense.

The problem is Cheryl is saying that Adam has something Eve does not- that is the difference.

Cheryl quite true that we have a responsibility with the knowledge God gives us. However i reject that a pastor, elder, seminary lecturer do not therefore have authority over those they are ministering too. This is clear in the Bible that we are to submit to those who lead us because of that extra responsibility.

They are still equal in their salvation (Gal 3:28)- we are all one in Christ, but some are still in authority because of the position God has put them in.

I can’t understand this “Adam was just responsible for knowing evil because of the knowledge that he had.”

Where is that in the text if we are only going off the text? You are reading that into the text! I can’t see how you can say they had equal rulership in the garden, but include an extra subclause for Adam. Either they have equal rulership or they don’t. Equal is equal, anything else is not equal.

Now if you want to say they are equal in essence yet distinct in role then i agree, since this is what we see in Genesis. It just seems to me that you are admitting that Adam had a different role, but are trying to divert around the fact therefore, that they had different roles/authority in the garden.