Yikes. There is quite a pattern developing in the religious right, in the US at least. We are turning back the clock folks.

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    I suppose I’m a former actual Christian, raised in the church, homeschooled K-12, not SBC but not unfamiliar with it. Point is, I know enough to know that modern Christianity is the accumulation of a series of compromises, concessions, and reinterpretations of the eternal Word of God over the centuries.

    Interpreted literally, that passage also outlaws woman from teaching even Sunday School, much less my mom from Home Schooling me. Certainly I should have been in authority over her by the time I was, what, 13?

    So basically, I appreciate and respect the perspective, but I’m not entirely buying it as a rational explanation for this.

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      Thank you for being respectful! I can’t claim my interpretation of scripture is any better than yours or anyone else’s. I get your point, truly. But my point is just that the SBC’s decision is firmly rooted in scripture, and that makes it a pretty normal decision for a Christian organization to make. If you wish to interpret that passage differently, nobody’s going to stop you, and I’m sure you’re not alone. But at the same time, you can understand the SBC’s perspective.