Friday, April 4, 2008
Priestesses in the church?
In this article CS Lewis explains why he believes there shouldn't be priestesses in the church. He describes the way the male role had been set down for Christianity. He explains that the male role is not interchangeable with the female role. Christ is the bridegroom, Jesus is the son of God, and so on and so forth. I really liked his analog of the ball. He stated that if we had a male leading and he wasn't very good, replacing him with a woman doesn't help anything. They have different roles. The man should go to dance classes and become better at his role, but he should not simply be replaced. I agree with CS Lewis in that women would not be ordained. In class it was mentioned that there is a big difference between teaching and being an ordained preacher. I really liked that because it distinguished the fact that women can teach, they just shouldn't be ordained. I personally believe that if there is a controversial issue we should go to scripture. There is a verse that says do not do anything to cause your brother to stumble. If it is going to cause someone to fall if you made a woman a minister then it shouldn't be done. Because it states it in the Bible and people go there for their source of truth it should not be contradicted. Otherwise it can cause people to question what is really true.
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