[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by jediwill83

One thing Ive been discovering lately is the priestess model that the pagan temples used during Biblical times. In the early NT church age, these groups of believers would be*from an outside perspective* heavily outmatched by already established and entrenched pagan temples. These temples would use women to spread word of whatever goddess or god she would be promoting in a heavily evangelistic manner even down to how she wore her hair. Old pagans become new believers in Christ who now need teaching under a totally new leadership and doctrine model. They had to weed out old habits,beliefs and mindsets and they were wise in giving instruction in its application. It wasnt due to any supposed female inferiority. You think women cant band together, teach, lead and spread ideas? The church was being fought on this front by pagan religious leaders and worshippers who were products of that very effective system. It wasnt the lack of education...of course they were educated for that time. They would have had to be to transmit thoughts and ideas into spoken and written words and to also understand and to do this in probably multiple languages? *pshaw*


They werent just championing a new usurper in a new dawn of pagan patheon expansion...they had to burn down that entire model and start at the beginning of something completely different.



They were no longer slaves, temple prostitutes and or oracles but now the Bride of Christ and they would not serve the Groom as they served their former masters....lot to unlearn first.


Anways...just some thoughts about the context of the time I just wanted to share...maybe nothing.

Interesting perspective.