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On point 2:

first-ology – sounds like an appropriately silly term for the first created crowd.

The idea that the first born (or created) has some higher position over those that follow is an entirely cultural creation. It is never taught as a biblical principal. God Himself defeats such a notion on a number of occasions in Scripture, with Joseph and David being the prime examples. And Jesus completely obliterates the idea in his teaching on first and last.

On point 1:

“The claim is that God is male and that only the male was made directly in God’s image.”

Do they really make such a blatantly erroneous claim? Certainly the people behind CBMW are smart men. They don’t really ascribe gender to God, do they? I have always thought that they relied solely on the design argument – men were better designed to lead and women better designed to help. If they really promote a “God is male” argument then they are dumber than I thought.