Cheryl Schatz

Holly,
Also we do not need for God to specifically mention women unless there is a specific prohibition for them. All are assumed to have freedom unless the Bible takes away that freedom calling it sin. For example the Bible doesn’t say specially that women are allowed to eat the communion meal. We are to assume that all are allowed to participate regardless of gender unless there is a prohibition that is specifically given. For some reason we have it backwards when it comes to women. I think this is because of the natural prejudice that many men have towards women. For them (and for us who have been taught this through tradition) we assume that women can do nothing except for what has been given specifically for them permission to do. Men on the other hand are allowed to do anything except for what has been specifically set up for them as a prohibition.

So if we take our minds away from this prejudiced way of understanding women, we should not have to hear any Biblical writer say that women are allowed to _____ (fill in the blank), as all are allowed to do good and righteous things and only forbidden by what is unlawful for them by the set law of God.