Is it Right for women to preach the Bible?

Is it Right for women to preach the Bible?

Can a woman preach? If Yes, kindly consider this Scriptures 1corr14V33-37, 1Timothy2V8-14.

Why not?

This IS 2010, right?

A woman can read and recite fiction as well as a man.

Why not its not the truth so it does not matter .

No problem with it in principle although I prefer a man.

Don't take my word for it.

My neighbour is a Baptist preacher. They had a big fight when she was hired. She is a good neighbour and man she can sing...I have been to one service and she can blow the roof off that church. She is getting along just fine now. Far as I know anyone can preach in fact I think a Christian is mandated to do just that. Paster ? ,well that depends on denomination and interpretation of the Bible, for bible churches anyway.

Originally posted by Juggalo1:

Why not its not the truth so it does not matter .

Amen to that Juggs.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

although I prefer a man.

*comment witheld for the time being*

Who tells the best bedtime stories?

Shucks, that's easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJYoHrY8gxI

I find that the penis plays a big role in a preacher's/priest's job. The penis channels the holy energy from the bible directly into the congregation. Without the penis, the preacher/priest cannot deliver a warm injection of god's love into his audience.

i have a comment for that last one...but...
on the other hand
the man is the head of the house
and i believe that the Bible says that Jesus is the head of the Church and the Church is His wife...so...my answer for this would be that since Jesus is the head of the Church, and man is the head of the household...and according to the Bible...

1 Corinthians 14:34-35
“34 ¶ Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”

um.....

I dont think it matters if they are both telling the same story.

Originally posted by Museatlantis:

I dont think it matters if they are both telling the same story.

Thank you for having decorum and not saying, "OMFG, they are telling the same retarted fairy tails, what does it matter!"

Originally posted by ngkelly14:

Can a woman preach?

Yes.

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Thank you for having decorum and not saying, "OMFG

Good point, that would be a contradiction.
No doubt God said "I'll get back to you ASAFP."

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Good point, that would be a contradiction.

Yes, I thought about that while I wrote it.

What went into the Bible was decided by a council of men. So yes I think women can preach. Besides, how literally do most people live by the bible anyhow? They have sex before marriage, they live together without being married, all kinds of stuff. So how are we all the sudden to pick and choose that "this" is wrong or right.

Read up on Pastor Melissa Scott and her former life (as adult film performer Barbie Bridges) before preaching.

Originally posted by starree:

What went into the Bible was decided by a council of men. So yes I think women can preach. Besides, how literally do most people live by the bible anyhow? They have sex before marriage, they live together without being married, all kinds of stuff. So how are we all the sudden to pick and choose that "this" is wrong or right.

In doubt it's a free speech issue - the bible itself and plenty of useful translations are public domain. That doesn't mean they have to let you do it in any particular church but they can't really keep you from preaching.

Originally posted by Macallan:

but they can't really keep you from preaching.

Well, you could do this

I would say no.
If one ignores corinthians then ive seen Women are very emotional~when they confess in front of the church by either cry or shake always.so how many minutes wasted in congregation to wait for that person to be back in her minds,and the focus of the "church people" will be on that particular women which will lead to forgetting what was preached from the opening of the congregation.

Sure not all the deciples were men.

Sheesh, Athiest are rude here. Atleast the percentage on {ASMB} in the Babbling section have some decency.(if I misspelled anything, I'm on my DSi)

All I'm saying is that the testicles obviously play some part in preaching. Why else would women be unable to preach?

Originally posted by parkerjm:

All I'm saying is that the testicles obviously play some part in preaching. Why else would women be unable to preach?

Thats true.

YUP... i dont knw what bible says about this ..... whether it is men r women i dont care ..... i am happy as long as the love of christ spreads all over the world
PRAISE THE LORD ;-)

Originally posted by parkerjm:

All I'm saying is that the testicles obviously play some part in preaching. Why else would women be unable to preach?

bollocks

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

Originally posted by parkerjm:

All I'm saying is that the testicles obviously play some part in preaching. Why else would women be unable to preach?

bollocks

I took it as sarcasm because it looks like it. O_o

Well you do have a passing point there RekaG as Atheists do tend to be rude here. They regard anyone not of their stance somehow a lesser intellectual being and worthy of only scorn not right of opinion. The arrogance they hit everyone else with is not easily acknowledged to themselves.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Well you do have a passing point there RekaG as Atheists do tend to be rude here. They regard anyone not of their stance somehow a lesser intellectual being and worthy of only scorn not right of opinion. The arrogance they hit everyone else with is not easily acknowledged to themselves.

This coming from you - oh the irony, too bad it's completely lost on you

And really ironic coming from an Atheist which is also funny.

I would also be more at ease with the average women cleric than one of those rampant priests of Rome!

Originally posted by rjhowie:

average women cleric

You did not put a whole lot of thought into that I think.

Well the reason is Denny77 that most women ministers here hardly shake the earth and not normally great orators at all. So I am as well being factual than vague.

According to traditions: Do we have women Rabbi in the Jewish religion? Do we have women as Immam in Islam?

There's your answer!

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

Do we have women Rabbi in the Jewish religion?

Yes.

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

Do we have women as Immam in Islam?

Yes.

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

There's your answer!

I bet it's not the answer you expected

The bible makes women do the bitch work while the man is in total control.the woman takes the wrap for everything and this shows the bible was written by man not god.so i believe the bible needs to be put aside in the fairy tale section of the library

Originally posted by ngkelly14:

Can a woman preach? If Yes, kindly consider this Scriptures 1corr14V33-37, 1Timothy2V8-14.

Why not.Jesus said to his disciples when they stopped a man from praying in his name that if he was for them why should they be against him.Furthermore,it was Paul who was talk to the Corinths due to the circumstances that surrounded the church at that present tym and also understand that in the Jewish community women were looked down upon as part of the man's property as part of there customs

Originally posted by ngkelly14:

Is it Right for women to preach the Bible?

I don't believe it's right for anyone to preach the Bible.. I believe it's for personal growth.

As an atheist, I can only say that the decision of which version I prefer would be obvious:



Gimme fluffy blond rather than school m'am any day.

it's not any worse than a woman reaching Atheism. Although in a moment of weakness I might grudgingly admit I would prefer the female preacher to be at least nice looking as it adds to the atmosphere.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

No problem with it in principle although I prefer a man.

We know RJ, we know! Glad to see you've accepted it now too!

Oh sorry, we're talking about priests....

From the pulpit NO. But elsewhere, her children, anybody who cares to learn, she can teach the bible. When off the pulpit and a man is with her, she has to respect his authority by wearing a head covering and allowing him to do prayers.

Originally posted by Cezeads:

.....she has to respect his authority by wearing a head covering and allowing him to do prayers.

Can I ask exactly how wearing a "head covering" shows that a woman "respects" the male's authority?
What is the symbolism involved here?
Should not the woman cover instead her eyes or ears such that she cannot pass judgment on the male?

Why is it that the religionists so often choose not to answer legitimate questions about their beliefs?

It seems that when pressed for answers, they simply choose to ignore the more cogent thinkers amongst us. Is it that they don't have any answers?

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Originally posted by Cezeads:

From the pulpit NO. But elsewhere, her children, anybody who cares to learn, she can teach the bible. When off the pulpit and a man is with her, she has to respect his authority by wearing a head covering and allowing him to do prayers.

Balderdash.

Originally posted by Denny77:

My neighbour is a Baptist preacher.....

Uh...

You could always consider selling your house and moving elsewhere.

Originally posted by reacher9:

Originally posted by Denny77:

My neighbour is a Baptist preacher.....

Uh...

You could always consider selling your house and moving elsewhere.

Like here?

Originally posted by Denny77:

My neighbour is a Baptist preacher.

Mine, too. He keeps a nice lawn, praise Jesus.

Originally posted by Jaybro:

.....He keeps a nice lawn, praise Jesus.

Jesus' Lawn-mowing Service?

Jim won't be pleased.

Originally posted by reacher9:

Originally posted by Jaybro:

.....He keeps a nice lawn, praise Jesus.

Jesus' Lawn-mowing Service?

Jesus from Tijuana, don't bother asking for his green card

Originally posted by ngkelly14:

Can a woman preach?

Mine can go on for hours. And hours. And hours.
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Originally posted by parkerjm:

Without the penis, the preacher/priest cannot deliver a warm injection of god's love into his audience.

Surely, this man will suffer an awful rash.

Originally posted by Macallan:

Originally posted by reacher9:

Originally posted by Jaybro:

.....He keeps a nice lawn, praise Jesus.

Jesus' Lawn-mowing Service?

Jesus from Tijuana, don't bother asking for his green card

Would that be Jesus Martinez, Jesus Hernandez, Jesus Ramirez, or Jesus Gonzalez?

Hello. How is everyone tonight? I just wanted to stop in a minute. Just downloaded this and read this Bible believers vs. Atheists discussion tonite. Just noticed that atheists seem to be sarcastic in their answers. Seem to be, cuz I'm new and really don't know any of you. I did have an opinion/answer on the comment on bible believers not being as intelligent and having an answer to everything they supposedly believe from the bible. Just for me, (cuz this should just be our own opinions, not facts - Respect everyones beliefs - Don't be rude) When I don't completely understand something in the Bible, it's called FAITH. I have the faith to believe it, while I research it. So, no. I don't have all the answers. But, yes. I do have faith. To me, Faith is WAY more valuable than to have ALL the answers. Thanks. And its very nice to meet everyone here. Gnite.

Welcome to the forum, makayla10.

Maybe I can explain something which might clarify some attitudes here.

Being a Christian you would no doubt be askance at some (hypothetical) non-Christian primitive religion that was cannibalistic and followed the practice of eating old people's brains because they believed that transfered to them the wisdom of the person that was eaten. They might hold a passionate belief in the sense and righteousness of what they are doing, but I doubt if you would yourself be able to respect their belief. You might respect the person for other reasons, but not the belief.

To an atheist, looking outside all religions, and faced with all sorts of beliefs ranging of the gamut of what one should eat, wear, attitudes to women, whether to grow a beard, and a whole host of religious rules which vary from religion to religion, not to mention tales of mythical and magical events, it is very difficult to respect those beliefs however one might like the believer.

Religion is an important issue and governs what many people do on this Earth so it is important to atheists whether they like it or not. A frustration for the atheist is that there appear to be no answers whatsoever to justify strange practices and rules other than instantiated "Faith".

It is not only atheists that are uncomfortable with some of the more extreme behaviour codes that beset religion. This accounts for the large number of sects within the Christian Faith for example, and many Christians do not take everything in the Bible literally but rather as allegorical.

In this forum, to generalise, most ire from the atheist community here is reserved for the religion fundamentalist who believes everything that is written in their holy source.

Hi. Thank u for that quick reply. I think how u said all that was very respectful. I guess that's mainly what I meant anyway. That's all I meant. I didn't understand why if atheists r so satisfied with there beliefs, they come across so sarcastic, inconsiderate, and rude at times. I don't mean everyone of course. Just a few of the examples I read. If your not internally happy with ur beliefs, why believe it? Just for me, I wanna live happy so its imperative for my belief to make me just that. And when I'm satisfied and complete on the inside, I won't come across rude and/or sarcastic on the outside. Since u can't tell here by looking at someones eyes,,, you can still read a lot by exactly how they text. That's all I was talking about. If ur rude and defensive about your own nbeliefs,, how can u be truly happy?? Just my perception. Thx. And gnite again...