Jesus and the issue of women's ordination

[Ann_Cheryl]

Tim Hayes:

You people are forgetting one important point and it largely hinges on the differences between the sexes.

Generaly and genetically speaking, males are more obstinant and less willing to compromise, whilst this can obviously have a downside it also has its upside.

Woman are more empathetic, and sympathetic than men, woman are far more likely to compromise.

When you put someone in charge of continuing the teaching (not necessarily the practice) of UNCHANGEABLE ABSOLUTE truth, who would be more likely to stick to that. Of course it is the males because they are more naturally built that way.

Would anyone here doubt that woman are the softer of the sexes and in general are more caring, in other words when it comes to the LIVING of Christianity women generally are better at it.

Woman’s natures are better at some things than mens and vice versa, unfortunately people think that what is a natural difference is bad

:ehh:

The male chauvinist is still alive and well :whacky:

In my limited experience I have found the male easily manipulated and hardly steadfast. I know in my family the rules got broken more often because my husband did not enforce them. I always was the bad guy. Generalizations are most often wacky:whacky:

 

[badebop]

There are a few on this thread who have the main idea…the reason why priests are not women is because on the altar the priest acts in the person of Jesus. “This IS my body…This IS my blood.” It is Jesus in the person of the priest saying those words. To have a woman in that place would make little sense. That’s why the apostles were all male and that’s why the Church will never have a change in doctrine on this issue. Now, if women want someone to emulate…have them take Mary as a role model. Jesus is the head of the Church, Mary is the heart.

 

[jpusateri]

Does anyone here consider that perhaps Jesus did not break this cultural standard because He wanted it that way? Does it then occur to you that perhaps He knows better than we do?



Americans find it very hard to trust leadership (with good reason) and it’s sure easier to follow a God who isn’t here right now and can’t tell us what’s right and what’s wrong. The Church fills that role and, like some nearby adult who corrects a child’s bad behavior in public, the child will ignore the correction with “You’re not my dad”.

It’s all about authority and whether you’re humble enough to think, “maybe I don’t know everything”.

Peace.