Three Biblical Females and Their Antitheses
Image by author using ChatGPT Eve, Wisdom, and the Blessed Virgin of Fatima and Guadalupe―what do they have in common? Growing up as a Catholic, I resented the protocols suggesting that women were second-class citizens. We had to wear something on our heads; why? We couldn’t go past the altar rail, and we couldn’t be priests. We were never told to read the Bible, so I had no idea where those ideas came from other than blaming God for being biased. I converted to born-again in college. During my first two decades as a Pentecostal, I believed the Bible was infallible, so nothing changed. I still couldn’t understand how women could be saved, filled with the Spirit, and called into ministry, yet be the submissive, second-string gender. I couldn’t fully buy into the feminist academic apologetic like, “that isn’t what the Greek really says,” or “someone was writing in Paul’s name.” New Testament writings about women seemed clear to me. The answer to my frustration has been laid out...