The Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy sounds alot like me after going through high school with a certain gal w/initials J.M.--he finds women annoying temptresses whose sensual nature will destroy his church, so he tells them to STFU. woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15But women[a] will be saved[b] through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. Get a grip, man! Adam was right there, and he, of his own free will, ate the fruit of the forbidden tree. I mean, I dislike the clucking tongues of old biddies as much as the next man, but give women their due. * * * Other than that, Timothy is okay, but it seems written by an old man who's finally realized that his larger, philosophical epistles (Romans, Corinthians) are being ...