Women should be able to become ordained ministers/priests.

Galatians 3:28- "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. " This is not in direct conflict with the verses I supplied. The Bible is the Word of GOD, and as such, is infallible and unchanging, just as GOD is infallible and unchanging. Chapter three of Galatians is talking about those who believe in Christ and His death and resurrection, and are therefore saved from their sins. Verse 14 says, "That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might recieve the promise of the spirit through faith. " What verse 28 is saying is that GOD does not save people based on who they are. GOD does not save only men, or only jews, or only masters, GOD saves all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. When GOD saves someone there is no consideration for who they are, only that they believe and repent. Therefore, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. " If someone in the United States repents of their sins and turns to Jesus Christ, they do not stop being an American. When I became a Christian I did not stop being a male. The slaves who believed on Christ were not magically made free. If this verse meant, as my opponent says it does, that when someone becomes saved that they lose the earthly role that GOD created them for, then homosexuality would be perfectly fine according to the Bible. If in Christ males and females somehow cease being males and females, then the logical conclusion would be that homosexuality would be permitted. But the scriptures make it plain that this is not the case. I Corinthians 6:9 says, "Do you not know that the unrightious will not inherit the kingdom of GOD? Do not be decieved. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites. " Believing in Christ does not somehow change our physical makeup, nor does it change the unique responsibilities that we were created for. This brings me to my second point. In the Genesis account of creation GOD creates Adam and then He creates Eve as a helper to Adam. (Genesis 2:18) Women are not permitted to be ministers/priests, not because they are women, but because they were not created for that purpose. GOD had a plan for the entire world-beginning to end- before he ever began creation. GOD did not create men and women, watch them for a time, and then decide the roles he would give them. GOD created men and women for unique purposes. I hate public speaking. Nothing scares me more. If I were the only man in a church, then it would be my responsibility to preach as dictated by I Corinthians 14:34-35. Please believe me when I say that I would be dreading this task. But I could not simply ignore or change the role GOD created me for. So when you ask "are women actually shamed when they speak out? " the answer is that women are not shamed specifically, the entire church is. The verse does not say "for women are shamed if they speak in church," it says "for it is shameful for women to speak in church. " This means that it is equally shameful that the men of the church are not fulfilling their role as leaders that they were created for. As to Junia, Aquila, and Priscilla. Aquila and Priscilla were husband and wife and were tent makers. While they obviously laboured for the spreading of the Gospel, this is in no way contradictory to I Corinthians 14:34-35. Junias is mentioned in Romans 16:7 "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. " This too, does not in any way support the kind of role my opponent is advocating for women.