I have preordered Aimee Byrd’s book, because I am very interested in how she makes her case. I will not say whether I agree or disagree with her argument until I have seen it.
Regarding the Bible, St. Paul told Timothy to treat older women as mothers and younger women as sisters, “with absolute purity.” (1 Tim. 5:2) It is reasonable to assume that St. Paul considered this a reasonable instruction, that Timothy could, fortified by the Holy Spirit, do so.
“Regarding the Bible, St. Paul told Timothy to treat older women as mothers and younger women as sisters, “with absolute purity.” (1 Tim. 5:2) It is reasonable to assume that St. Paul considered this a reasonable instruction, that Timothy could, fortified by the Holy Spirit, do so.”
That is the ideal. However the monkey brained human nature that often is exhibited is far from the ideal. Case in point: we attended sensitivity training and sexual harassment training in the military and one time it was given to us by our Chief of Staff (06) Captain and he basically quoted 1 Tim 5:2 to treat them like sisters. Later it was revealed that our sensitive Chief of Staff was severely reprimanded for shagging his executive secretary, who usurped this imaginary power when dealing with command, and revealed the whole affair when being reprimanded for creating strife amongst the crew whilst overextending her authority.