The Bible does not teach that women should teach men in church

“My opponent said that the main point of my argument is that the old testament is sexist while the new testament is not. However my opponent misconstrued my case. I in fact said that the mind set of those times tended to subjugate women. Women now, however are equal to men because of progressive reforms and a remolding of our culture. So we must look at this as a matter of a cultural premise. ” Then I misunderstood you. But my other response still counts. We’re debating whether the Bible teaches that women can teach men in Church, not whether women should teach or not based on the Bible. Two different things. “I also pointed out in my first argument that man is fallen. Since sin has been introduced into the psychosis of man. We must concede that discriminatory actions stem from hatred and hatred stems from sin. Since sin is a huge factor in the ways of gender treatment, We must finally conclude that sexism is in fact sin. God does not endorse sin of course, so we must finally see that god would not approve of rendering women from preaching. ” I agree God does not endorse sin. “Therefore the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24” Remember what I said in the last round. Galatians is about our standing towards Christ, not our functionality towards each other. Con has still failed to provide the verse he needs to prove his point. “From that verse alone we can see that we are all the same. There are no genders nor races to be held specifically accountable we are all responsible under Christ. ” No genders? How interesting. I’ll assume Con did not mean that literally as in there’s no such thing as male or female. But either way, that verse does not prove that we have the same role. It only proves something that is unrelated to this debate. Moving on I have refuted all of what my opponent stated. Now, moving on to dropped arguments. All Con refuted was my misunderstanding of his case. But he did not at all attack my verses (1 Timothy and the Corinthians one. ) Because Con dropped them, it means Con conceded these points. In other words, Con agrees that these verses prove my point. Because of this and many other reasons, I urge you to vote Pro. There’s one last thing I want to address. Con is trying to say that even though there are verses in the Bible that teach women should not teach men in Church, these do not apply because they’re sinful? Con tried to make it sound logical. That the people back then treated women low, and that’s sexism. Since sexism is sin, then those verses don’t apply. But step away from the “links” for a second. Con is saying that those verses are sinful. The Bible is inspired by God. It was written by men, yes, but God would not allow any sin to be endorsed. God merely used their hand and their writing style to speak his word. So my verses are penned by men, but inspired by God. God endorses these verses. (If he didn’t endorse them they would either 1. Not be there or 2. Act like those verses are sinful. ) The Bible obviously is endorsing my position. Let’s use an example to put it into perspective. Con is claiming that the verses I have are sinful. That God doesn’t actually endorse those verses. Let’s say Corinthians 3:12 said “Murder is not a sin. People should murder each other. ” Would God allow that verse to be in the Bible? Of course not, it’s endorsing sin. Same way with my verses. God would not allow those verses to be there unless he MEANT them. It is not sexism! If you look after 1 Corinthians 14:34 (the verse proving my point), it says “If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment. 38. But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. ” We can draw some things from this verse. 1. That it is the Lord’s commandment that women should not teach men in church. 2. If someone does not agree with this verse, he is not to be recognized. I almost laughed as I read this. The Bible is telling you, voter, to ignore what Con says because he does not recognize the validity of this verse. A little humor lightens up any debate :). Thank you for voting, and I hand it over to Con. What Con must do in the next round is bring up verses that actually negate mine. Otherwise there’s no way Con has fulfilled his burden.