Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

What Say Ye FR? Should a woman be allowed to teach Scripture to men?
Herald Sun ^ | 8-21-06 | n/a

Posted on 08/21/2006 5:51:49 PM PDT by Bob J

In earlier news it was reported that a Baptist Sunday school teacher of 54 years was let go from her position because "My belief is that the qualifications for both men and women teaching spiritual matters in a church setting end at the church door, period," the Pastor was quoted as saying.

Apparently in a letter sent to the teacher earlier in the month they qouted from First Timothy Two, 11-14 "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, she must be silent."

This news was posted on FR here and here.

It's an interesting topic considering the current discussions regarding Sharia law and the treatment of women in Islam. Some FReepers were shocked and others appeared to support the policy based on scripture interpretation.

What is your opinion?


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: duh; genderwars
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 181-200201-220221-240 ... 741-750 next last
To: Free Baptist

Are you a FREE Baptist as your name implies? I haven't heard of that one. Of course it may just mean something else. I was a Freewill Baptist most of my life, not anymore.


201 posted on 08/21/2006 7:41:44 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftists, the enemy within.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 194 | View Replies]

Comment #202 Removed by Moderator

To: Free Baptist
OK, now, stand on your head and twist some doctrines to justify Sunday School.

There are still plenty of folks out there who condemn it as extra-Biblical.

203 posted on 08/21/2006 7:43:23 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 175 | View Replies]

To: goldfinch

Do not tell this to the Felician nuns who had K-8 or the Christian Brothers who handled 9-12.

Great group of people.


204 posted on 08/21/2006 7:43:36 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

Comment #205 Removed by Moderator

To: AnalogReigns

To me that is such backward thinking. How do you explain the angel at the empty tomb instructing Mary Magdalene to go tell what she saw? I guess she only told other women and children?


206 posted on 08/21/2006 7:45:23 PM PDT by skateman (Bush good, demonrats bad.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 200 | View Replies]

To: stands2reason

Not even worth the argument. Sorry.


207 posted on 08/21/2006 7:45:23 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 183 | View Replies]

To: skateman
Still waiting. No one has yet offered us a drink of strychnine. No one has demanded we play with rattlesnakes.

I fear you are dwelling on the metaphorical use of the term and not the reality.

208 posted on 08/21/2006 7:45:50 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 187 | View Replies]

To: harrowup
Well, first off these aren't facts. That aside, if some lounge lizard (your serpent) is snaking through the garden and he sees a good looking babe and a grouchy old dude who do you think he is going to nail, eh?

Was it an apple in the tree, or a pair on the ground???

209 posted on 08/21/2006 7:45:58 PM PDT by Iscool
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 94 | View Replies]

To: marajade

"Its a Sunday school class. Adult men don't attend Sunday school class."

That's odd I at sixty one years was in a Sunday school class this past Sunday with several men and women. Our regular teacher is a man and we have two subs who are both women. They all do a darn good job. United Methodist


210 posted on 08/21/2006 7:46:29 PM PDT by SAWTEX
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: pissant
Well, I hope you remember those sibs richly at birthday and Christmas time...they apparently save you many a welt.

To the topic at hand, I am not versed in the theology being discussed, but as a little girl, in a Catholic school, I remember the great irony I felt when the snarky boys in my class got to be altar boys; while the Sisters (who by my assessment at that early age) had devoted their lives to their faith and their Church couldn't enter the Sacristy area. Gladly (IMO) the Catholic church changed that way of thinking. Anyway, I hope this woman (the teacher in question) finds a church that she can fully participate in.

211 posted on 08/21/2006 7:46:37 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (Take the high road...the view is always better.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 181 | View Replies]

To: muawiyah

It is a free country, and people can say whatever nonsense they want.

However to say you're led by the Holy Spirit to disobey holy Scripture is serious nonsense indeed.

The test of Spirit led leadership is whether or not it agrees with the Bible. Women in authority and teaching men does not...unless you want to say the Apostle Paul was wrong. If you do say that, please don't claim to be a Christian--as Christians must obey God first in His word.


212 posted on 08/21/2006 7:46:49 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 185 | View Replies]

Comment #213 Removed by Moderator

To: SAWTEX

That's not my understanding of what Sunday School is.


214 posted on 08/21/2006 7:48:02 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 210 | View Replies]

To: muawiyah

The term snake handlers is used to refer to people who are backward in their religious thinking.


215 posted on 08/21/2006 7:48:35 PM PDT by skateman (Bush good, demonrats bad.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 208 | View Replies]

To: Bob J

Well, Bob, what does the Bible say about the matter?


216 posted on 08/21/2006 7:48:52 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hosepipe

The body of Christ, which is the church, is constantly referred to as the Bride of Christ in Scripture.


217 posted on 08/21/2006 7:49:21 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: harrowup
You missed some interesting things. It starts off with several "memory palace" setups. SEE: RICCI, MEMORY PALACE, for more on that.

There are probably several dozen structures described or recommended, but the big ones are the Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark, and the Genealogies.

The Tower of Babel might be one but a lot of it is "lost".

There are people who believe these techniques for memorizing religious lessons and histories are actually moral lessons in and of themselves. Combined with a believe in literalist inerrency they get into these little contests of retromangancy. Even St. Paul put in his two cents worth and misused allegories to keep women in their place (if, in fact, St. Paul actually wrote those words and they weren't simply something added by a rabbi of his day disquieted about Christianity's liberalism).

218 posted on 08/21/2006 7:50:16 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 188 | View Replies]

To: ladyinred
"Are you a FREE Baptist as your name implies?"

I am free, and I am a Baptist. I believe in Baptist churches being FREE from outside denominational/hierarchical control or coercion. I believe in autonomous local churches (regardless of name on the sign).

I emphasize what has been called, historically, by Baptist peoples and others as well, "THE INDIVIDUAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER;" that each genuine believer (regardless of label) has the Holy Spirit indwelling him/her, and needs only our High Priest Jesus Christ, Who is seated at the right hand of God the Father. We need NO earthly priests at all. Each believer is Complete in Christ (Col. 2:10), and has instant 24/7 access to the Throne of Grace. New Testament pastors/bishops/elders are NOT priests over others, and they should not act like priests.
219 posted on 08/21/2006 7:51:17 PM PDT by Free Baptist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 201 | View Replies]

To: OrangeDaisy

Jesus was making a comment about "marriage" in an age when it was your only "social safety net" ~


220 posted on 08/21/2006 7:51:42 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 190 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 181-200201-220221-240 ... 741-750 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson