Alison

That’s precisely the problem, pinklight. It’s the ultimate insult, “dropping the h-bomb” on someone with whom you disagree. It is uncharitable, manipulative and childish, to say the least. Even to imply that someone is a heretic is to tread some dangerous ground, ground that one does not easily come back from. As we seek to flesh out what submission is and isn’t, let’s please keep the fact that we are brothers and sisters in Christ first and foremost.

I know I can be sarcastic and harsh, but a lot of that comes from pain and frustration with people who are telling me that if as a woman I’m not doing x, y, or z, I am somehow less of a woman, somehow missing out on what God is calling me. So, if I have offended anyone, I apologize, and will work on responding to some of these issues from a place of loving reason, not mere emotionality. I pray that we can, even in our disagreements, be a community that calls out the best from each other. I am sorry for not playing a part in making that happen. Just my feeling.