By their very criticism, feminists give inadvertent testimony to the degree in which society is shaped by the church. When society is filled with angry, hurting, displaced people, the church, to whom her Lord gave the commission to be salt and light in the world, the revelation of truth and life, must take her rightful share of responsibility. There are two ways in which the church can substantiate the hostile claims against Judaic-Christian tradition. Clearly, this is not an inconsequential skirmish. It is a call to wrestle with how the Body of Christ is affecting the basic moral structure of society, in both her individual members and corporately.
Human opinion is at best simply arbitrary, clouded by the dust of our humanity.
We are simply physicians attempting to heal ourselves, sexual beings striving to define our sexuality. We form a jury to try ourselves. The issue of identity and role, both male and female, is as ancient as Adam and Eve. Both our human identity and our function were established by creative fiat, contested and distorted by the initial rebellion of the first pair and by succeeding cultural adaptations. The creative intent has been defied, misinterpreted and distorted through human ignorance and rebellion.