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Mike writes: “Paul seems” ; “Paul is likely forbidding women”; “Paul is probably thinking of the woman’s creation”; “as well as a general pattern”

These phrases have appeared here and in previous responses and suggest to me that there is conjecture involved in Mike’s interpretation of these scriptures which is not uncommon by interpreters of the opposing view or uncommon in a great deal of scriptural interpretation.

The issue is being honest about the degree of conjecture and the necessity of possessing a generous dose of humility when presenting hierchial claims, both of which is absent among the heirchalists I have encountered in my discovery of this topic.