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Originally Posted by Socialite
TJJJ, I wasn't offended or taking occasion of an insult. The Stoneking reference was a humorous sarcasm not aimed at you, aimed at the concept.
Regarding 1 Cor being about headship,authority... this is not universally accepted. Not even by some Egalitarian theologians like Fee. But I see your point.
Outside of that, I'm not sure I see much of the rest of your point. 1 Cor indicates God's design for humankind. We fall short of that in so many areas of times through divorce, death, abandonment, drunkenness, abuse, etc... So this brokenness in the home is universal.
I live in a high-dense area of the country where homosexuality is more common (the phenom of city migration where oppressed groups move to for safety), I think we would need to see more research into violent homes. Honestly, it's the first I've heard of it being a unique problem to homosexuals -- and I can't recall any of my gay friends in the past couple years talking about domestic violence.
So I have 3 things:
1) The Text is not about having two heads, no heads or one head. There's more we can discuss about that. So to launch from this point, I can't even find enough there to do that.
2) The Text is to/for believers and followers of The Way.
3) Realization that the brokenness of homes and God's order is universal, not just reserved for homosexuals.
4) Really don't accept the idea that this is unique to homosexuals, or that there is some dramatic increase in rates... and at the end of the day, not sure that even matters.
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I would like to contest your statement regarding headship. The text of I cor 11 is all about headship. Paul is emphatic in this chapter about that very thing. Proper authority is what makes a successful home, church, and business. God is a God of authority. The headship issue comes all the way from the Garden of Eden, (as Coadie pointed out).
Now you ask what does that have to do with two heads? Or even no headship? Everything. In a Biblical based family, there is the MAN... the head. Then there is his WOMAN, the help meet. Together, with the man being the final authority in the home, they lead the children.
Maybe what I should have asked was..
How do the advocates of homosexuality reconcile this with their concept of a Christian home?
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