Looking for the Loophole

One of the things I find most interesting about Christians is that they all bend the rules in the Bible so that their religious beliefs fit the way they live. I'm sure that Christian bank robbers can find justification in the bible for their stealing. Somehow they manage to manipulate the rules so that abortion is murder, but caring for the poor, once they are born, is not within their means (lower taxes!!!) It's wrong to teach about birth control and sex education, but it's okay to parade your pregnant-out-of-wedlock daughter around in front of an entire nation.

See what I mean?

From the Milwukee Sentinel Journal online...

Within the nation's largest Protestant denomination, a woman may not lead a church or a home. But prominent Southern Baptists see nothing wrong with Sarah Palin serving as vice president - or perhaps even commander-in-chief someday.

In other words: A woman can run the White House, just not her own house.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain's selection of the Alaska governor as his running mate - the first female on the party's ticket in history - has thrilled conservative Christians. It also has led Southern Baptist congregations and seminary students to confront their beliefs about the role of women in leadership.

Interpreted from Scripture, the teachings on women are held close in thousands of Southern Baptist Convention churches where millions worship. Among them: "The office of pastor is limited to men," and a wife should "submit herself graciously" to her husband. Earlier this month, more than 100 Lifeway Christian Bookstores - a retail chain affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention - pulled from the shelves a magazine featuring five female pastors on the cover.