>However, this "science related" question has encouraged me to ask
>another similar "science related" question. This one: Why did God
>give women brains which are just as capable of teaching the Bible to
>others as men's brains are, if He did not want women to teach the
>Bible?<
Throughout the Bible, God tends to select poorly qualified agents.
He founds a nation through an elderly infertile couple and repeatedly
emphasizes their lack of inherent appeal or merit. The Corinthian
church members were predominantly not notable from a worldly
viewpoint. God's strength is shown in our weakness. Thus, requiring
elders to be male (assuming that is the correct interpretation of the
I Tim. passages, etc.) cannot be used to argue that men are
inherently any better for the job. In fact, it may reflect a greater
tendency for us to laziness.
An analogy may be seen in the differentiation among the Trinity, with
inherent equality but functional differences.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa
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