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Mark,

Thank you. I got that.

“However i cannot see how one can claim for a ’source’ interpretation and yet hold to this being about husbands/wives.”

Perhaps I gave the impression that I thought this passage was about husbands and wives. Personally I do not think that. I think it means clearly that God is the first cause of Christ, Christ of man, and man of woman. That is, this is a cosmological discussion about origins.

The passage is quite clear that woman came from man, so this reinforces the view that it is about origins. I do find Ephesians quite different since there we find a head and body metaphor.

I don’t believe the evidence supports an authority interpretation for kephale.

However, I do see how others can interpret kephale in this way. Both seem to be reasonable human conclusions as you have said about your view.

In this impasse, we must consider other things. We have to ask why slavery is not held in honour, why not monarchy, and why not the one and only Catholic church. Why do we submit our leaders to election and make them responsible to the people? Because of the opportunity for abuse.

We have deliberately chosen a democracy to avoid the abuses caused by sinful and selfish wielding of power. If men have chosen democracy for the form of government most suited to them, why then do they subject women to what can be only hell on earth for those who fall under the authority of men who abuse power. Why are women not counted worthy of living in a democracy as men are?

I confess that I have no understanding whatsoever of why men think that women need to be under authority, and men need to live in a democracy. Why cannot men understand that women are first and foremost fellow human beings?