Feminism and 1 Timothy 2
While attempting to reconcile my strong feminist instincts with my dear adherence to the Bible, I decided to focus on this scripture. Actually, what happened was that I got irritated one morning during General Conference that women always spoke too quietly and never taught doctrine. So my dad told me to write a letter to the RS presidency (who didn't actually speak at the conference) expressing my opinion. So I did, and that included scripture study. And Shakespeare. And Keats. Meanwhile, I've decided that God gave Adam and his sons the right to administer the priesthood in this life. That means that they get to pass it on, and officially set people into their temporary or permanent roles. Women can get set into temporary or permanent roles wherever God needs them, but the men already administer ordinances. The Priesthood is a mechanism whereby God's will and power is manifest. It isn't the will and power itself; THAT everybody has - like personal revelation, or prayer ...