Cheryl Schatz

Creation order also implies created for different purposes.  If this is so that women were not created for leadership but only created to follow the leadership of men, then it wouldn’t matter what realm the leadership is in – it is outlawed by creation.  Once again CBMW has problems.  The “law” is either from creation and covers all aspects of life (there being no “church” in the garden), or we have misread Paul.

The problem is that we have come to see the value of women and it would be difficult if not impossible to go back to a place where women’s opinion was not valued even enough to allow them to vote.  IF CBMW’s position was consistent, it wouldn’t take so much work to try to explain how a woman can be a VP but cannot be a bible study leader in her own home.  This is beyond inconsistent.  It is irrational.  If God cannot speak through a woman to teach the truth from scripture, then how could he speak through a woman VP or a woman president?  If God doesn’t speak through women, then why on earth would we allow them to teach other women and children?  Let’s just do away with women teachers all together and have only men.  This is the consistent position.