int3grity

Do you really think that if a man loves his wife as Christ loves the Church and gave himself up for her that haveing some kind of roles within the home is going to always defaut to some kind of abuse of women? I can see that happening in the context of a marriage where the husband is a false convert trying to be religious but I really get the impression that you guys… um, girls…, uhhh, people are fighting an invisible enemy. I think this can be demonstrated by this quote from the original post: ” If a husband is not allowed by scripture to take authority over his wife physically to force her against her will into a sexual relationship with him, then what makes patriarchs think that the husband is allowed by scripture to take authority over his wife’s will when they have a difference of opinion in other areas of their marriage? Scripture never once tells a man to take authority over his wife. This would be an overriding of her will and God considers our will as a very precious thing that not even he overrides. When people reject God by a decision of their own will, God does not force them into a relationship with him. God has given mankind a will that God respects. God will encourage us and persuade us and plead with us but God will not override our will. If we reject God, God will give us our will in the end and he will punish us for our sins instead of forcing us to be saved against our will.”

Nobody aside from rank hyper calvinists (which seem to be almost mythical creatures always spoken of but virtually non-existent) would claim GOD saves someone “against their will”.

I think you are fighting a very unnecessary battle. Speak out against false conversion and nominal Christianity and you won’t have to worry about chauvenistic hypocrites abusing their wives.