Re: "Women keep silent in the churches": Has that ceased or is it still for today?
I cant really say I have a firm position in this particular subject matter, but I do have a view on it...For me, I really put alot of stock in The Sovereignty of God in all things, so having said that, the next step, for me, is weather I think Paul was speaking for God in His letters or not...Personally, I do, so the next step, again, for me, is stepping back and excepting Gods dispensing of Gifts, races, genders, locations, cultures, what century he places us in, and so on, as being all in His Will to manifest His outcome...With any life He brings to this planet, he gives that life specific circumstances to both work with, and humble ourselves to...He made me a man, and man with certain gifts and disadvantages...He made me an artist with an Artist mind, he birthed me into a bad environment, and He showed me a way out, He did this, and He did that, so I could do His will...The Bible He gave me is to guide me through this journey, stating to me, how He wants me to live, and what he want me to do...For me...I cant cherry pick which verses I want to except as they stand, and which ones I want to inflict my own personal, or cultural views upon, or try to intellectually rearrange them to suit the times I live in...God has me on a very, very short leash, because if He lets me run lose through the garden, I will piss on everything in sight...So I have to stay as close to what Scripture states as to what God wants me to do in this life, and submit myself to the position He has placed me in...So if God in His mind made me this, and He made you that, He has given us the instructions to work with, for, both this and that. Gods social structure is in the best interests of His plan... It may seem vague, but its the best I have right now...Great post, I learned a lot, thanks...God Bless