gengwall

I haven’t read the book you reference but I am familiar with the argument, especially regarding 1 Timothy 2. In fact, before reading Cheryl’s blog which motivated me to really look at the passage in the original language, I basically took this position. It is the “it’s only situational” approach. The reply to comps is, “you can’t make any universal proclamations about men and women based on situational or cultural passages”. The problem is two fold. First, we had better be able to make universal proclamations based on situational or cultural biblical passages, or nothing in the bible matters. Second, the situational argument is basically a status quo argument. It give nothing but also takes nothing. I changes no minds and doesn’t move the discussion forward. So it is basically a cop out IMO.