Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations.
If it worked that way, we’d be ignoring sciences too. Unfortunately the only way is through good old-fashioned critical thought, which is difficult when “spread the word” is baked in.
Citing any religious text as though it holds value is reserved only for fools. There is a reality that doesn’t change regardless of whether religious texts align to it or not, which makes their contents historically interesting but ultimately weightless, worthless.