gengwall

“This does give us a better idea of the extent of authority in a home arranged on the authority submission paradigm. The atmosphere that you described is one that many of us are familiar with.”

This has an accusatory ring too, and is a borderline straw man. I doubt Mark’s wife is cowering in the corner and engaging in “excessive honor to the husband” to avoid a beating, which is what I read implied in your comments.

I don’t think it moves the conversation forward to take an overly pessimistic view of Mark’s marriage. From everything I have read from him, which is all I and any of us have to go on, he and his wife seem to have a happy marriage with a decision making arrangement that works well for them. The point Cheryl and I and others have occassionally made is that on the surface, it sounds egalitarian. I would offer that we should assume the best and try to point out where we think he and his wife actually depart from comp theology and practice.