Men in Ministry
This is too good – HT: Eugene Cho & JtRP
10 reasons why men should not be ordained for ministry
10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be “unnatural” for them to do ministerial tasks.
7. Man was created before woman, obviously as a prototype. Thus, they represent an experiment rather than the crowning achievement of creation.
6. Men are too emotional to be priests or pastors. Their conduct at football and basketball games demonstrates this.
5. Some men are handsome, and this will distract women worshipers.
4. Pastors need to nurture their congregations. But this is not a traditional male role. Throughout history, women have been recognized as not only more skilled than men at nurturing, but also more fervently attracted to it. This makes them the obvious choice for ordination.
3. Men are prone to violence. No really masculine man wants to settle disputes except by fighting about them. Thus they would be poor role models as well as dangerously unstable in positions of leadership.
2. The New Testament tells us that Jesus was betrayed by a man. His lack of faith and ensuing punishment remind us of the subordinated position that all men should take.
1. Men can still be involved in church activities, even without being ordained. They can sweep sidewalks, repair the church roof, and perhaps even lead the song service on Father’s Day. By confining themselves to such traditional male roles, they can still be vitally important in the life of the church.
this. is. amazing.
o baby. you made my day. but I might come back to argue with you. im still wrestling.
Is this a strawman (ahem, or strawwoman) type of argumentative parody or do people really give reasons like this for why they think women shouldn’t be pastors?
I always thought the reason why some people are opposed to female pastors is because of the lack of female roles in the Bible and the ridiculous idea that “since women didn’t do that kind of stuff when the Christian church was formed, that means God doesn’t want them to.”
But I could be wrong about that. That’s how my church saw things when I was growing up, but that doesn’t mean thats how everyone else thinks too.
Personally I think it is all an excuse for a society that is still gender biased about leadership. If you think the Church is being unfair to women who want to be pastors, look at the rest of society first. When you see as many female CEOs as male CEOs, then you can complain about the church being behind. The Church is typically behind the rest of society in a lot of ways, but gender equality isn’t one of them in my opinion. The rest of society is pretty far behind there too. Finland might be an exception.