Paula

If a few of most commentators are nonexperts, this is no great moment since you still have a legitimate appeal to authority with the experts.

And who are the experts you appeal to? You did not name them. Even the example– “most physicians believe that a high fat diet is unhealthy”– can be and has been challenged due to evidence that it is a high carb diet that is unhealthy. Again, truth and fact are not a matter of popularity, even among experts. Proof or strong evidence, with none excluded, must be offered, regardless of credentials.

You’re poisoning the well. And I seriously doubt they are male supremacists. In my experience with others egalitarians, they believe that anyone who advocates role subordination for women teaches, by implication at least, that women are subhuman somehow.

… he said, poisoning the well in return.

Fact: read http://www.fether.net/2008/01/19/bible-dot-arrrgh/ and http://www.fether.net/2008/01/18/vows-and-wows/ for my personal observations of their bias. See, I’m documenting my claim, something you need to pick up on. And if what you read there from them isn’t teaching the sub-humanity of women, then we’re wasting our time.

God made Adam a steward of moral life in the garden by giving him the garden mandate

And what was that mandate? To “keep” which means to guard, protect. In contrast, the command to RULE was given to both of them in Gen. 1:28.

God then declared that Adam was not sufficient to complete the tasks God had set before him alone (Gen 2:18). So, he created Eve to help him

Note that an ezer kenegdo is “a strong one facing him”, an equal partner in battle. God Himself is described in such terms as well.

3). Adam’s role as steward was denied when Eve took it upon herself to break the garden mandate

Hogwash. Show me where any scripture puts that interpretation into Genesis. Show me the scripture.

In fact, I refuse to allow you to discuss anything else until you answer this. And when you realize there isn’t a shred of scripture to back up this assertion and opinion of yours, then I’ll go on to the rest of your claims.