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Hi, Cheryl. WOW! is the first thing that comes to mind. I’m speechless! Well, not quite. 🙂
First, how typical to set up a straw man example that everyone will see is ridiculous and then say, “Of course that’s a wrong application, but that doesn’t make our position wrong.” Gender-based spiritual hierarchicalists do this all the time. People agree with the first statement, and then think the second one must therefore be true, too.
Second, your section on the husband’s kingly rights reminds me of something I read somewhere, and I wish I could cite it for you, about how the Reformation, great as it was in so many respects, essentially moved kingly power from the secular ruler to the home, with every man now a king.
I completely agree with you that the entire heart of this view is the power and authority of men. It’s about power, period, end of discussion. How is that biblical or God-honoring?