John I once did some deep digging online about that and what I came to the conclusion of is the same as this man did ..
Myth #1: Only prostitutes went about with their heads uncovered and Paul did not want the Christian women associated with prostitutes.
This myth has been passed along because of a lack of good scholarly historical research. Ancient Greece and the time of Corinth under the Roman Empire
have been lumped together. It would be similar to someone a thousand years from now saying what America was like in 2000 AD by studying life in
colonial America.
The ancient city of Corinth with its temple prostitute system was destroyed in 146 BC. Julius Caesar restored Corinth a hundred years later. By the
time 1 Corinthians was written, 200 years after the temple prostitute system was destroyed, Corinth was a thoroughly Roman city. Life in the Roman
Empire during this time in the first century AD, was in many ways more like society today than any other time in history. Women had a lot of
"freedoms" that they did not have before. They were allowed to educate themselves, speak in public, and initiate a divorce. Women used
contraceptives, practiced abortion, and exercised "sexual freedom." (Pandora's Daughters: The Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman
Antiquity, by Eva Cantarella, John Hopkins University Press, 1987, p.140,141, 148)
The book of Acts mentions "chief" women in several of the cities, and women at Paul's speech on Mars Hill. Many non-Christian women during this
time did not cover their heads with a veil, although there were some who wore a veil or other head covering. Elaborate hair styles also became popular
during this time.
Myth #8: Submission makes a woman inferior to men
God addresses this myth in verses 11 & 12. "Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as
the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God." God tells us that both men and women are necessary and of
equal importance. Husbands are not to operate independently from their wives and vice versa. Each has their God-given role that is of equal
importance. Men cannot exist without women - they are born from a woman. Women cannot exist without men - they are conceived by a man. As Christians,
God wants us to view both male and female as equally important, not inferior and superior.
www.biblicalresearchreports.com...
I did some indepth study once and found out that the women were kind of rude and would ask loudly what was said in the sermons to their husbands
during the sermons because they could not hear since they sat way up in the balconies ..they were loud enough to disrupt the services ..Which was why
Paul told them to ask their hubby at home instead of disrupting the services.
I will see if I can find it again ...it took forever to find it ..maybe I can again ..
After being involved a few times with a few Pentecostal Churchs in our times even I can see another reason why Paul would tell them to be quiet .
They speak in tongues (which sounded more like strange demonic voices instead of the gentle calm Holy Spirit that I know) loudly and fall all over the
floor ,dancing and pratting about .....etc ...they are some of the worst disrupters there were in those kinds or churchs ..the men did not act that
way at all ..
I can see why Paul said keep everything orderly ..or something to that affect.There is not much order at all in some of the real extreme Pentecostal
Churchs...(which was why I had to leave ) .......
[edit on 15-1-2009 by Simplynoone]
