Welcome back, GJ. You never fail to show with a bang. You are soo funny! Proceeed!
Artiste, you know I don't believe in evolution, and I do respect other's beliefs mainly because I have no heaven or hell to put them in, so if God allows them to be where they are, what else can I do? However, I do believe that homosexual activity to be a sin, but no greater than any other. I believe in ordination of women, because ordination(not the laying on of hands like in the Bible) is some that is man made and subject to discriminatory actions by men(and some women) in order to maintain "control". There are too many instances in the Bible of women, in authority to men both politically and spiritually(just for two examples, Miriam, Deborah, Anna...I'll throw in a NT example to show consistency). So, if God placed women in authority when He ruled Israel, Why would I? If God not only said it, but gave His own example of it, that is good enough for me. No rationalization by men about why they should be in control can sway me. It is also part of SDA history. We had women who were ordained(30+ during the time of EGW.). SDAS only took issue with this after those women and EGW died. So at this point, we are inconsistent at best. But you know to each his own........If God'w own example is not good enough then as I said, proceed..........