>I wanted to address this as well...any Bible believing church would not allow women to exercise authority over men. They are allowed to teach other women and children - but not men.
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>1 Timothy 2:11-13
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>11A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve
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>I really don't want to get into another endless/pointless discussion - but - did want to clear up a few things...
Another issue - for the sake of comparison. Would you also think that levirate marriage should be enforced, because the Bible says so?
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)