pinklight

In some way, God and Christ are of the same essence, as a human Christ is of the same essence as mankind, and as humans men and women share the same essence. This is unique to Christianity, the link between God and humans.

I agree.

But in some ways, Paul seems very influenced in his language by certain presuppositions. Woman is for man, but then again, man is of woman. He backtracks and reshapes. I don’t see scripture as one hundred per cent consistent. I would have to say that most scholars don’t.

Sue,

but the woman is the glory of man. 8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

I do see scripture as 100% consistent. When Paul’s says “woman was made for man” he can only be refering to Genesis where Adam was alone and so God made the woman for Adam (his aloneness). Two things are noted in Genesis, one woman was made from Adam and two she was made for his aloneness. Adam needed a companion. In that way woman was for man. I don’t see anything wrong with that.