Cheryl

Jennifer,
I was using an extreme example to express my point. This is the one area of my life that others see as a male characteristic. I am very logical. The logical side of me does not trust my feelings, although I respect my feelings and do consider them. But I also want to know more so that I can test what I feel. I have also corresponded with many people in different cults and highly patriarchal groups and I have been amazed at how one’s feelings adapt to the “culture”. I have also seen those who refuse blood transfusions because their heart tells them it is a sin. We need to be very careful not to go against our conscience, but we also need to be careful not to put all our trust in our feelings.

Again, for me this is the extreme logical side. I have been told that I am also a confounded skeptic. I desire to test everything and then to hold fast to what is good. Anyone trying to convince me with emotions alone will find a stone wall. This is the one thing that is weird too because complementarians often accuse me of being ann egalitarian because of my feelings – that I feel it is right and I refuse to test it by scripture. Nothing can be farther from the truth. I am an egalitarian *because* of scripture that I have read in context.

Hopefully that explains where I am coming from 😉