Tiffany

Cheryl,
The only issue I have ever brought up in my comments in this thread is “wives submit to your husbands as the church does to Christ”. That the earthly marriage relationship is a model for the heavenly one and we as wives need to figure out what the relationship of Christ and the church is to look like and build our doctrine from there. That is the issue I have tried to address multiple times now. So no I haven’t attempted to prove anything from Genesis because I am speaking of Christ and the Church and the probative passages are in the NT. The only nod I have given to the discussion of authority is to acknowledge it can be used wrongly and damage people which was an awful thing.

If I remember correctly a few hours ago (and about 100 comments ago) you addressed my comments on that. I am going to look for that response and respond to you. (and to genwall as well as he (?) has asked some very good questions.) But I don’t intend to jump into a separate conversation on genesis as I do not have the time for two topics. If this one gets finished out I might reconsider.

As to your insistence of NN to do so, about 100 comments (208)ago he requested a “last call” if you will to him for any questions anyone felt to be of critical importance as he has other more pressing matters to address. SM (209) was the one that responded and he is the one that NN has been attempting to answer. He is not trying to hold the rest of the conversation in one spot, he is simply trying to address the question (albeit yet to SM’s satisfaction) that was put to him. You didn’t ask that question then and to be honest I don’t think he has read in entirety any comments that have dealt with other topics since his “last call.”

You suggest in a comment above that “running out of time” is some sort of excuse given when comps. don’t have answers for you. Given that there have been 300 comments on this topic, over 100 of them just today, can you not realize that is a very legitimate concern whether the person feels they can answer you or not? Surely you have at times had to post pone or abandon web activity for things more pressing? And especially in a debate like this where there are 3 comps (who have all stated from the beginning that they aren’t trying to prove every objection you have to the theology) and by my count at least 10+ egals, that expecting everyone to stick around until you are convinced or they are isn’t reasonable? If someone says- “hey I’m out of time” why not just take them at their word instead of insinuating it is an excuse because they don’t have the answers.

Now I am going to see if I can find your comment addressing my comments on Christ and the Church.