Unequal Opportunity/Deprivation of Rights
Daughters of Zelophehad
Very strange. According to I Cor 12:28, prophets are above teachers, and that makes sense. However, women are not allowed to “teach or have authority over men” (I Tm 2:12, emphasis mine), and that they are to “be in submission” (I Cor 14:34). So then, how come women can be higher up in the hierarchy as prophets if they’re supposed to be under men? (At the same time, I don’t mean to say that anyone is superior to anyone else.)
Would this also forbid women from prophesying in church? (I Cor 14:34-35) And I don't see how speaking in church automatically means taking authority.
But this part is about edifying the body (teaching), not edifying oneself (learning). (I Cor 14:35)
What's the difference between preachers and teachers? (II Tm 1:11)
Women are often spiritual leaders in many cultures, and this makes sense to me, seeing that women are perceived as more spiritual, and I think this is true. So then why can a woman not be a spiritual leader in Christianity? (I Tm 2:12)
Why is it that men are continually chosen to reach the heights of spiritual greatness, with only a few exceptions? A woman never wrote any part of the Bible.
How come only males could inherit property and keep it in the tribe, and why would a husband take over his wife’s property? Also, a man could marry whomever he wanted, but women with property were forced to marry into their own tribe. Why should a woman be limited in her choices? (Nm 27:8, 36:8-9) What's the point of having daughters inherit property if it's just going to go to their husband and some other family anyway (provided they marry)? Why is the system always set up so that women are poor (or are always in danger of becoming poor), so that they're economically dependent on men? (Nm 36:6-7)
Why couldn’t a woman get a divorce according to the Mosaic Law? (Not that the bible forbids it, but that it never makes provision for it, as it does for men.) Even worse, this says so much about the true nature of marriage and men's power over it.
Why give the money to her father, and not the woman? (Dt 22:19)
Would this also forbid women from prophesying in church? (I Cor 14:34-35) And I don't see how speaking in church automatically means taking authority.
But this part is about edifying the body (teaching), not edifying oneself (learning). (I Cor 14:35)
What's the difference between preachers and teachers? (II Tm 1:11)
Women are often spiritual leaders in many cultures, and this makes sense to me, seeing that women are perceived as more spiritual, and I think this is true. So then why can a woman not be a spiritual leader in Christianity? (I Tm 2:12)
Why is it that men are continually chosen to reach the heights of spiritual greatness, with only a few exceptions? A woman never wrote any part of the Bible.
How come only males could inherit property and keep it in the tribe, and why would a husband take over his wife’s property? Also, a man could marry whomever he wanted, but women with property were forced to marry into their own tribe. Why should a woman be limited in her choices? (Nm 27:8, 36:8-9) What's the point of having daughters inherit property if it's just going to go to their husband and some other family anyway (provided they marry)? Why is the system always set up so that women are poor (or are always in danger of becoming poor), so that they're economically dependent on men? (Nm 36:6-7)
Why couldn’t a woman get a divorce according to the Mosaic Law? (Not that the bible forbids it, but that it never makes provision for it, as it does for men.) Even worse, this says so much about the true nature of marriage and men's power over it.
Why give the money to her father, and not the woman? (Dt 22:19)
