[the OlLine Rebel]

But really, where did “God say” women cannot be pastors?

*Paul* seemed to say it, but he also seemed to say it’s better not to marry; just “OK”. So why are we allowing pastors to marry if they are purveyors of God’s Word?

I sympathize with the traditional view, if only because women doing certain public services can be very impractical - when they get pregnant. But otherwise, I don’t know why.

[Nosterrex]

God chose only intact males to be priests.
Jesus chose only intact males to be his disciples.
Paul writes: “Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.”
“Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.
And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.”
The pastor or priest re-presents Christ (the bridegroom) to the congregation (the bride).
Jesus being male is not an accident, nor is the male gender of God the Father an accident. A female priestess or pastor will eventually turn God into a female or a hermaphrodite as we have seen happening in all the liberal denominations. The fastest way to turn a Christian church into a cult is having female pastors or priests. There is no prohibition against married clergy in the Scriptures. Peter was married. Paul does recommend a celibate life, but he does not command it. The teachings in the Scriptures is that a bishop or pastor have only one wife at a time. No such thing as a homosexual wife.