Alison

LOL @ Anca. Your anecdote reveals just how some patriarchalists distort the gospel and Paul’s letters into saying things that they might never have meant to say! It takes some pretty rigorous mental gymnastics to get from the point A of a polite (though tongue in cheek, I take it) reminder to leave the dang toilet seat down (sorry, my guy does that too, so it bugs the crud out of me) and get to the point B of saying that women can’t use the bathroom!

In the same way, it takes the same kind of mental gymnastics to twist personal letters into universal commands, meant for all time. I have two questions for complementarians, which I doubt I will ever see answered: 1. Why didn’t Jesus say anything about the role of women, and 2. If God didn’t intend for women to be leaders, why did He give them leadership gifts? I’d love to see them quit the mental gymnastics and answer the questions honestly.