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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Let us also ask the question of how many women were involved in defining the Canon of Scripture, the creeds, or the doctrine of the Trinity?
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This is a classic case of begging the question.
In the context of a discussion that is suggesting that men have been domineering because of their (mis)understanding of scripture you want to use the number of men v women as a yardstick to support the position that men did the heavy lifting, not the women? Or otherwise suggest that men are superior? That is a statement that cannot be made since the lack of women was not their inability to be involved or contribute, but the fact that they were excluded. And if there was a lack, that could be because the women were generally not educated the same as men. Not that they were somehow intrinsically inferior.
Please provide relevance so this discussion.
This is like relying on the words of Lee claiming a position to be correct as evidence that he is correct. Not talking about whether what he said aligns properly with scripture, but whether what he said/wrote can support his own assertions without scripture or even though contrary to scripture. It doesn't matter how right or wrong he ultimately is proved to be. Until it is proved from something other than his own claim of correctness, his words are what are being questioned, not what are being consulted to determine their own correctness.
The exclusion of women from things like the creation of the creeds or the determination of the canon of scripture is the issue that needs analysis and therefore cannot be used as proof that women should be excluded. We obviously are not going to rethink the canon of scripture if we determine that the exclusion of women was contrary to a proper understanding of the "place" of women according to scripture. But we cannot use that historical fact as proof that it should have been that way.