Kristen

Gengwall said:
“the stock answer I have heard to your question is ‘God set it up that way and who are we to question why God did that'”

The problem with this sort of answer is that in other cases– even the passages that are most difficult for us to relate to, such as the destruction of whole cities in the Promised Land– the Scripture gives reasons for God’s actions. The Bible also says that He is “not a respecter of persons” and that He shows complete impartiality in His justice. The idea that God would arbitrarily choose to designate half the human race to be subordinate to the other half in the church and in the family without just cause, understandable reason, or clear Scriptural support, simply cannot hold any water.