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Originally posted by delph998
This thread is absolutely great! CT4, thanks for diggin' it up! I miss Shalom. We need to find her and bring her back! Wouldn't you all agree?! She's so prohetic!
Personally, I definitely want my husband to be the head of the household. This is not a problem for me because I grew up in a household where my father was the head. My father never disrespected my mother either. Actually, there were times where they operated equally as well. For example, when I wanted to go my friend's house, mom would say, "ask your dad." Then I would go to dad and he would say, "ask your mom." Lastly, submitting to your husband shouldn't be a problem when you've personally submitted yourself to Christ. My husband and I should have our own vertical relationship with Christ; if that is in place, the horizontal relationship with husband and wife should be fine and dandy. Imagine a triangle. 
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This *is* a great thread. Delph, I understand the Christian religious arguments but was more so trying to understand the *logic*. For some I know that it probably just comes down to following the text for one's religion. The problem for me is that there is more than one religion, and some people don't adhere to any single religion at all. Given that, I was trying to really get at the underlying reasoning for the whole thing - trying to go above any particular religion, since we don't all have the same religion.
I do understand the triangle. Where I get a little tripped up is why it is logical to say that the man should be the head b/c he is serving G-D in the way that he should be. Presumably, the woman would be serving G-D the way that she should be too. So if one were to use this reasoning, we could reason that there is an argument for the woman to be the head.
(Beware: This is super controversial -
). I guess, for me, the only thing that really makes logical sense for the rule is that man is somehow superior to woman. Whether it be a closeness to the Higher Being, etc. If that be the case, so be it. But if it's really not the reasoning, then that would be interesting to know too.
Que sera, sera
SC