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Originally Posted by ILG
Those of you who think women are not supposed to speak in the assembly, what reason do you think the Bible (supposedly) gave for this? Do women's brains just not work quite right and so they can't effectively have anything worthwhile to say? I know you don't believe that is true, but just wondering what logical reason there could be for this dogmatic view?
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I believe a woman can speak in the assembly... as long as she's under her elder's authority to do so, and has her husband's blessing. However, I don't believe she can hold the office of pastor/bishop/overseer/elder... whatever we'd like to call it. It's not because a woman is incapable. It's not because a woman isn't intelligent enough to do it. It's simply because it upsets the divine order of the family. Think about it, if a woman were a pastor... her husband would be REQUIRED to spiritually submit to her. That completely derails a husband being "head of the wife". It would be God contradicting Himself. In addition... God gave no set requirements for women being overseers. God did give us the set requirements for men being overseers. For example, an overseer must be "the husband of one wife". If you're a married woman, you have a "husband"... unless you married a woman. lol
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