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That is the point at which I became interested. I realized the teachings and practice were contradictory. So I returned to the original teaching to figure out where things went off the rails.

I am particularly interested in this because many use the distortion of this word to slander the NT, the apostles and Christians.

In one place women are not to speak in the meeting, but to be quiet and let their husbands explain it at home, in another they are to have their heads covered when they speak and in still another they are charged to teach the younger women. Then of course Priscilla is problematic, especially since she is correcting Apollos. There is only one way to reconcile this as far as I can see, and that is to view these references in context. The context in which they are to be quiet is obviously not the context where they are teaching, speaking, or correcting others.

Some make a big deal out of only men can be elders, yet ignore the fact that only men who are the husbands of one wife can be elders, hence for every man that is chosen to be an elder there is a woman chosen (the elder's wife). Anyone with any experience in the church knows that the elder's wife is a leadership position in the church that can be very influential. You also know that at least 2/3 of the members are women, hence teaching women is a major ministry in the church. Paul's instruction does not allow you to merely choose a man, you must choose both a man and a woman. But those who make a big deal of this want "women pastors" in which case they would only choose a woman and exclude the man. They are the real hypocrites, accusing Paul of being sexist when in reality they are the ones that are biased against men. This of course refers to Post #1 and the basis for this thread.

Then of course there is no limitation at all on women as far as faith to move mountains is concerned. Women are used to illustrate the power of prevailing prayer. Women were the first to the grave. Although the lord had 12 disciples that were men there were also quite a few women that were in the group.

Witness Lee's errors and hypocrisy are the stepping stone for me. I feel Christians have been mocked and insulted based on an extremely distorted reading of the NT that is clearly not an accurate representation of the full revelation.