Cheryl Schatz

John,

I am in and out of the office today so it will take me some time to get through all the comments.  I just read your last comment and I would like to correct your misunderstanding.  You said:

To actually suggest that the Apostle Paul was telling the Corinthian Church, a Gentile Church to follow the Pharisee’s Oral Law is ludicrous! It is an insult to the Apostle Paul who stood against the Pharisee’s oral law!

This is not correct.  No one here is saying that the Apostle Paul was telling the Corinthian Church to follow the Pharisee’s oral law.  What is being said is that Paul quotes from the letter sent to him from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor. 7:1) and then refutes the quote in 1 Cor. 14:36.  Therefore the injunction for women to be silent that appears in the oral law is not held by Paul but rejected by Paul.

Those who hold to verses 34 & 35 as coming from Paul himself are stumped at trying to locate such a law.  The fact is that the law does exist.  It just isn’t God’s law and Paul never appeals to man’s laws as applicable for Christian living.

It is a godly thing to refute false doctrine.  Paul does this quite well.  I also do not mind having my own doctrine being challenged, but it is important to properly identify my view before it is refuted.  No one here on this blog has ever contended that we need to obey man’s laws that silence women.  And no one is claiming that this is what Paul is doing.

I hope this makes it clearer and I will be back to look at the other comments later on in the day.

Cheers 🙂