Women's Role

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Originally Posted by Evangelical

In eternity past of course women were part of God's plan.

However in time, in the creation account of Genesis, God created the man, God created the animals, and then God realized man needed a helper so He created woman.

God realized?
I believe God knew all along in the garden. It was Adam who sensed something was missing. After all, When God created the animals, He created male and female so they could reproduce. He probably wondered why the male animals had female companions but not him.

He was a spirit with a living soul filled with emotions and a will. After the fall, the spirit of man went dormant and the first man Adam, became a living soul we read in 1 Cor 15:45. So when The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” He saw that Adam realized the male animals had female counterparts. That's why I believe He said it is not good for the man to be alone.

It all sounds very much like an afterthought from our perspective. Of course God being all-knowing , had a plan all along.

But that's not how it came across in your comment. Glad you clarified.

The one argument that destroys the feminist ideas is that Paul states that woman was not created for woman's sake but woman for man's sake:

“man was not created for woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake” (1 Cor. 11:9).

Paul also said "I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I."

God created women to be companions for man, not to be man's leaders.

Well. That makes Adam a very poor 'leader' doesn't it?