Submission? Or Power and Control?

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I know. And it's saddening that we don't value women more. I'm sorry sister. You're a daughter of El Shaddai. We should honor you as such by truly listening and hearing you. In a very real way, a church becomes far too unbalanced when women are silenced.

Thank you.

I'll tell you how I handled my disagreement with standards when I was still UPC. I felt I was bound to honor my husband and the church, even though I felt free of the mind prison. Once I knew standards were not biblical as they had been taught, I kept standards for four years after that. We were pastoring, and I had no desire to hurt anyone at any time. My husband eventually agreed with me and we resigned and quietly left. After I had been out of the church for two years, I finally cut my hair. I didn't care about cut or uncut. What I cared about was that I was finally free of the mind bending and mind twisting that I had been under for so many years and that is why I write. I don't care if the women here have uncut hair for the rest of their lives. It doesn't matter to me. I respect the decision. I just don't like to see people held in cages made by men.