If 1 Corinthians 14: 34 means literally that women should never say a word in church (as you have told me you interpret it to mean), then why, in 1 Corinthians 11: 5, does it say that "every woman who prays or prophesies" should do so with her head covered?
How can the women of Corinth be told by Paul that they must pray and prophesy with their heads covered (this was at a church meeting, based on chapter 10), and then be told they cannot pray or prophesy at all?
Same writer, same women, same city, same God....... which passage is wrong if you take them both on a surface only, literal way as you have admonished me that I must do?
Now, in the earlier Scripture, Paul said that women should keep silent. Here, he says that if women pray or prophesy, they should do so with the head covered. The difference is the command. Paul does not say "Women should pray or prophesy with their head covered". He says "When women pray or prophesy, they should cover their heads". It doesn't say that women SHOULD speak, it merely gives guidelines to how they should pray or prophesy. It is similar to "Dogs are not allowed. If you must bring in a dog for legitimate purposes, please leash it".