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To: AnalogReigns
I don’t know of any legitimate bible scholars of Greek that think St. Paul was saying there a woman is saved because she has kids.

One of the problems I have with "legitimate" bible scholars is that they twist and spin in all sorts of uncomfortable ways in order to deny what the black words on the white page say.

43 posted on 07/16/2012 8:37:40 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave
One of the problems I have with "legitimate" bible scholars is that they twist and spin in all sorts of uncomfortable ways in order to deny what the black words on the white page say.

I guess you've never read solid bible commentaries then...there are plenty. While there certainly are poor, manipulative, dishonest Bible scholars--there are many who are terrific. What sounds odd in an English translation--isn't so odd in Greek. It isn't un-Christian or un-Conservative to really study the bible--relying on the good, not the trashy, scholarship.

I gave you a solid, easy to understand argument already too--Paul explains salvation in many places--and ALWAYS its the same for men and women. It's just plain silly to imagine suddenly, as an aside, he's saying women gain salvation by having babies--rather than believing and following Christ.

In this passage Paul isn't explaining salvation anyway--he's talking about leadership in the Church...

Not a very complicated passage to understand--in its plain meaning, unless, you want to be confused.

47 posted on 07/16/2012 9:03:45 PM PDT by AnalogReigns (reality is analog, not digital...)
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