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Terri wrote: #47 ….. The more I read of bloggers like the Baylys and those on the discussion boards at Carm I really can fully appreciate blogs such as this. It seems to me that the accusation of egalitarians having a problem with authority is misplaced. Complimentarians seem to view everything through the lenses of power instead of love.”

I agree except I’d call them patriarchalists. Those who strive to have and hold as much power as possible are generally the ones who have the problems with authority. Patriarchalists such as the ones on CARM regularly teach that women are ONLY required to be of a submissive attitude to their own husbands, their own fathers, and their own pastors. This leaves it acceptable to behave in an unsubmissive manner to ALL the rest of the body of Christ. So, out goes Ephesians 5:21 and a host of other Scriptures about loving the brethren and considering them and their needs above self. Curiously it seems to also allow them in their minds to exercise authority with impunity and a total lack of graciousness, integrity, or fairness.

Perhaps, the new patriarchal belief that the men are to mirror God, that men share in the maleness of God (remember they believe God is male, a convenient belief!) something with God that women in their femaleness do not, gives indirectly an example to patriarchal women to behave capriciously with the authorities they are allowed. After all God does as He Wills and is accountable to no one. The difference of course is that God is Holy and Perfect in Truth and Love.