Posted by julenka at 4:53am Apr 6 '06See, I have nothing really against the idea of female preachers, priests, pastors, cardinals, whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-call-them, but I've also been witness to female preachers..
And I dunno. As long as standards are upheld, and women aren't just being 'let in' for the sake of having everything be equal, then I see nothing wrong with it. But if they start with any of that affirmative action shit, and start setting quotas for female preachers, I swear, I'll have an aneurysm. It's ridiculous!
But besides that, I've not had good experiences with female preachers. I've heard three or four, and of those, only one was any good. Of the other two, one treated her sermon like a primary school class, and even spoke in a baby voice to the congregation. The other took her sermon as an opportunity to preach her opinions and views on everything, without actually talking about the Bible much. :P I know, it's a sample size of four, and not very reliable. Still, like I said, I have no problems with it as long as we don't get into affirmative action.
And I dunno. As long as standards are upheld, and women aren't just being 'let in' for the sake of having everything be equal, then I see nothing wrong with it. But if they start with any of that affirmative action shit, and start setting quotas for female preachers, I swear, I'll have an aneurysm. It's ridiculous!
But besides that, I've not had good experiences with female preachers. I've heard three or four, and of those, only one was any good. Of the other two, one treated her sermon like a primary school class, and even spoke in a baby voice to the congregation. The other took her sermon as an opportunity to preach her opinions and views on everything, without actually talking about the Bible much. :P I know, it's a sample size of four, and not very reliable. Still, like I said, I have no problems with it as long as we don't get into affirmative action.
I dunno. - julenka