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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
When the scriptures literally state in the New Testament for women to be silent in church and to not usurp authority over a man in church, how should we apply that in 21st century American Christianity?
What did it mean back then and how should we apply that scriptural concept (or even command) now?
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The same way this scripture should be applied.
Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Take the whole counsel of God. Great, women should be silent in the church (and it's not talking about a building). Now that women are silent, where's the laying on of hands and the sick recovering.
See, it's relatively easy to keep women silent in a religious setting, but it's a whole nuther thing to have signs following those very same men who keep the women silent.
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