Paula

Greg, you always have something positive to say, and that means a lot. Tanx buddy! 🙂

Cheryl and Pink, that’s a critical observation, that the Bible is NEVER giving strict roles to play but practical advice on how believers should conduct themselves within flawed human institutions. What the hierarchical types see in scripture is what their “glasses” show them, what they are designed to show them. But if one removes those silly pink/blue, boss/underling lenses, one sees emphasis on particular problems and not Pharisaical nitpicking.

With Andrew Jackson (originally said to international bankers) I would say to the male supremacists, “You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out. If Christians only understood the rank injustice of your hierarchical system, there would be a revolution before morning.” (my paraphrase, adapted for the topic)