Women are fools!

I find it fascinating that Paul argues from the Genesis account that men should lead. Why? Because he says that the woman was tricked by the serpent, but the man knew better and ate anyway:

1Ti 2:
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

They both ate, but she was fooled into it, while the man was led, fully aware of what he was doing. This makes him a better teacher and ruler? The implication here is that females are easily misled, and no amount of Bible study or Holy Ghost indwelling will change that, while men are constitutionally harder to fool. Summary: "Women are fools - always were, always will be - and thus men should lead and rule over them."

Works for me!

The form of God

In my book, Bible Shockers!, I speak of the fact that God (as well as his deputies, or "angels") is a man. I point out that man was, in fact, made after that form, "in the image and likeness of God."

I thought of nice succinct way of saying that, that I wish I had said in my book, and that is this:

"God has a form, and that form is the form of a man, of which Adam was a likeness."

I am wondering, also, if the mention of "the form of God" in Philippians is not simply saying that Jesus was a man:

Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of God [], thought it not robbery [booty - a reward for a crime] to be equal with God:

In fact, Phil 2:6 might be better translated:

"Who, [already] being in God' form, didn't consider seeming to be like a god a thing to steal."

In my book, I muse that "form of God" derives from the LXX, where one's MORFE (form) has to do with one's attitude. Here is how the LXX uses the word MORFE:

Da 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance [MORFE="attitude"] was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

I find Jesus being "in the form of a god" (being human) and "being in the attitude of a god" equally superior to the idea that Jesus was being said to be divine himself when it says that he was in the "MORFH of God."

Off Topic - Personality Test Results

Here I am a 5:

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/type5.php

Type 5 - 11.3
Type 6 - 8.3
Type 9 - 8
Type 7 - 8
Type 8 - 6
Type 4 - 5.3

Wing 5w6 - 15.5
Wing 5w4 - 14
Wing 6w5 - 14
Wing 6w7 - 12.3
Wing 7w6 - 12.2
Wing 9w8 - 11
Wing 4w5 - 11
Wing 7w8 - 11
Wing 8w7 - 10
Wing 8w9 - 10
Wing 9w1 - 8.9
Wing 4w3 - 6.2


And here also a 5:

http://www.trans4mind.com/cgi-bin/rheti_cgi-bin/score.pl

Type Five
The Investigator. The perceptive, cerebral type. Fives are alert, insightful, and

curious. They are able to concentrate and focus on developing complex ideas and

skills. Independent, innovative, and inventive, they can also become preoccupied

with their thoughts and imaginary constructs. They become detached, yet high-

strung and intense. They typically have problems with eccentricity, nihilism, and

isolation. At their Best: visionary pioneers, often ahead of their time, and able to

see the world in an entirely new way.

Off Topic - Personality Test Results

This is their longer version - same results:

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On this, I am "Innovative."

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Is Mankind a Pathogen?

I just ran across something in a book on composting human bodily waste:

http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/Humanure_Handbook_all.pdf

"...There is a disturbing theory about the human species that
has begun to take on an alarming level of reality. It seems
that the behavior of the human race is displaying uncanny
parallels to the behavior of pathogenic, or disease-causing,
organisms.
When viewed at the next quantum level of perspective, from
which the Earth is seen as an organism and humans are seen as
microorganisms, the human species looks like a menace to the planet.
In fact, the human race is looking a lot like a disease — comprised
of organisms excessively multiplying, mindlessly consuming, and
generating waste with little regard for the health and well-being of its
host — planet Earth..."

Or as the agent says in the Matrix: "Mankind is a virus...we are the cure!"