Obeying higher authority in the church is a far more interesting topic to me. The past 50 years have seen a rejection in the world of almost any authority that can't convince the listener that its instructions are right. But ultimately this is to gut obedience of any reality - instead we have rule by consent. But this isn't the way of Christianity; we are faced by a God who calls us to obedience because He is God. Sometimes we understand why He commands something, but at others, as in the suffering of the innocent, we are left struggling.


You are inaccurate in your observation. It's not about being disobedient it's about putting Man(male and female) in their right place. God calls us to obedience to himself not to Man and please get the text where Paul disagrees with me, I know you will.

In the beginning there was God and man and he did not appoint woman as a servant to the man but a Help Mate. All of this man being in charge of another man(again, male and female) came much later and not by God's design but God's permissive will to allow us to travel down that road. We see it doesnt' work since the only person who proves themself worthy of our allegiance and loyalty as well as our lives is GOD!