Reply #18: The SBC is pimping a horrific theology.

[Sal316]

Fundies of any stripe really hack me off.

What most of the jackholes don't get is that, at the time, most women, particularly in Greece, Crete, etc., were an integral part of the "pagan" religion. They weren't schooled in Jewish tradition, etc. Paul, in each city, looked for Jewish men to lead the church after he helped set it up and left.

This is NOT to say that Paul was as anti-woman as most make him out to be. In fact, there are a plethora of women that Paul praises in his letters, Priscilla, Phoebe, Nympha, Euodia and Syntyche to name a few.

The word from Titus 2:3 is καλοδιδασκαλους, or kalodidaskalos "teacher of the right". Note that this does NOT limit teaching to younger women.

Don't even get me started on the "wives be submissive to your husbands" nonsense. Those that quote that to justify keeping women submissive hope you don't ever read the whole passage, else you find out that husbands are to be submissive to their wives as well. It's a recipe for a healthy marriage based on putting the other person first.

The Greek in scripture most often translates to Paul saying he is against women teaching at this time. Why does he tell them to keep silent? Women of Artemis were known to prophesy rather loudly, and he did not want them to do so, so they could learn what Paul was teaching and become 'kalodidaskalos' themselves.