Paul
My husband is a BYU student still. Sometimes I feel like I will never leave Provo... sigh. But that's another post. He's in a New Testament class right now. So of course the first thing a feminist thinks about when I hear New Testament class is the inevitable lesson on Paul's gender opinions and then the feeling of dread sets in. Some of Paul's gems include, " 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." and this: " 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is thehead of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in ever...