Susanna Krizo

To NN,
Logic. Yes, we should use logic, but logic alone is not sufficient.
a) a god can create and sustain life
b) women can create and sustain life
c) women are gods
How do you find out whether the above statement is true? Not by using logic, but by using dialectic investigation and checking what the further requirements for being a god are. We find that a god must be omnipresent.
a) a god must be omnipresent
b) women are not omnipresent
c) women are not gods.

Inference can be used in theology but not to create a foundation for other beliefs. The first thing that must be done is the building of a complete picture of the subject at hand and an exact understanding of any and all statements and ideas as they are intended. Only after this is done can new ideas be derived from the basic premise, and the inferences can either be accepted or rejected based on proof. Concerning the subject at hand, the complete picture would include such statements as “the creation account does not say God gave man authority,” “the law does not say God gave man authority,” “the Gospels do not say God gave man authority.” The basic premise includes now three statements which contradict the inference that the man should have authority over the woman wherefore it is rejected as invalid.
There are two kinds of inferences: one which is logically necessary and the other which is not logically necessary in which case it is possible to accept a statement while rejecting the inference. Since the statement “a husband is never told to submit to his wife” is categorically negative, it can have only one inference, a complete converse, which is also logically necessary. It is here that the greatest risk for error comes in to the picture, for what is the complete converse of “a husband is never told to submit to his wife”? Comps say it “a husband is told to have authority over his wife,” but this statement depends on our understanding of the word “hypotasso.” If the antonym of “hypotasso” is “epitasso” (command) the statement is correct; if it isn’t, the statement is incorrect. The antonym of “hypotasso” is “antitasso” (to resist), which does not carry the meaning of giving commandments, wherefore the above conclusion is incorrect and the inference is rightly rejected. The complete converse of “a husband is never told to submit to his wife” is “a husband is told to resist his wife.” This is an unbiblical statement and is also rightly rejected. Thus the only conclusion which is left is that the husband should submit to his wife as she submits to him.

I noticed that you like C.S. Lewis. I went to school in a country not too far from his and received the same classical education he did. A word of advice: never underestimate your opponent.