pinklight

voiceofsanity said,

‘It is hard to believe that you can’t see that you are clearly starting with your desired conclusion (i.e. that women should teach in church and be able to become pastors and elders) and twisting scripture to support your preconceived belief. Matt is right and you are wrong. The fact that he has 2000 years of theological scholarship to back him up puts the burden of proof on you. You have not met that burden and I hope you will repent of your errant beliefs.’

I hear this ‘2000 years’ argument thrown around quite a bit which btw doesn’t prove a thing. The fact that a belief has been held for any x amount of years does not make it Truth. God does not establish his Truth in such a way.

The foundational problems I see with the interpretations of ‘complementarian’ flavor are all the contradictions with other scriptures and all the inconsistencies with regard to what is claimed to be a so-called ‘plain reading’ of this 1 Tim 2 passage. The very plain and simple reading of the Greek grammar of the text under discussion actualy speaks about 1 woman and not all.