• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    “I do not permit a woman to teach, or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.”

    1 Timothy 2:12

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      22 hours ago

      So, you’d think that, but maybe she’s just talking to women.

      If you don’t figure in an “it’s okay for women to teach women” angle, Proverbs 31:26 gets a little awkward:

      She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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        21 hours ago

        … or we can just jump to … Ezekiel 23:20

        ‘There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses’

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        10 hours ago

        It’s the oldest book club in the world

        Weekly meetings, some fan groups meet daily, annual comic cons, leaders in cosplay, dedicated fan organizations, dozens of fan groups with parallel universe / alt universe / sequels / prequels / off shoots / old school / new wave versions.