Thank you. I', for one am glad to see that some of the X-CoG's are seeking truth and aren't afraid to ask sone difficult question. I think God can take it.

> Thanks for the link and the explanation,
> especially I Cor. 11:11.

> It's not my intention to get any huge
> debates started, but I cannot accept a
> literal interpretation of the Genesis 2
> creation story, and so I am wary of
> theological references to it. This doesn't
> mean I don't accept the deeper spiritual
> truths revealed in Genesis 2, just that I
> don't interpret the story as though it is
> history or science.

> Theologically, when the Hebrew term
> "Adama" is correctly interpreted
> & understood, the revelation of faith
> becomes evident: men and women are created
> spiritually from the same source/being in
> the likeness of God.

> I believe that Jesus taught this, and so did
> Paul, but that subsequent generations of
> disciples lost this teaching in favor of
> patriarchal control and dominance--the
> prevailing cultural and social norm. In my
> mind, it's basically a case of the church
> compromising & selling out, very much as
> it has done on other issues over the
> centuries. (I include myself in the
> definition of "church," btw.)

> For a very long time, I was hesitant to join
> in discussions about scripture on this site
> because I am so strongly committed to a
> contextual understanding, and I didn't have
> any idea how far so many people have come
> since the Family, which twists and contorts
> the sacred texts so far beyond their
> intended meaning. I've truly enjoyed many of
> the recent discussions that reference
> contextual scholarship and understanding the
> original languages.