Two thoughts. One in regard to your article.

One has to wonder why women would ever be entrusted to the domain of the home if it’s under such unrelenting demonic attack. Being so weak and easily manipulated by Satan, it doesn’t seem like a strategically sound move in the cosmic battle, does it? Wouldn’t it serve God better for the men to stay home and save those precious little souls at the hearth, while women drudge and toil away to provide for the family?

I mean, if her premise is true it just doesn’t seem like God has us playing up to our supposed respective strengths, does it?

Second thought, in regards to some of the comments regarding headship and complementarian doctrine, particularly from Joseph Steele.

Before I get into it I have to give intellectual credit to my teenager, who is still not pulling any punches. And she’s on fire again.

"Wow. The ego. If he was acting in headship as a conduit of God then if and when his wife chose differently, he would not take it personally and lose his damn shit. Or play the "husband" trump card. What are the odds there, do ya think? There’s something flowing here all right. I think it’s bullshit.”

She brings up a salient point. One of the things that Jesus' time on Earth accomplished was to remove the gatekeeper access to God. Before, you had to have a priest speak to God on your behalf. Sacrifices were the order of the day.

The Gospel of Thomas says "the Lord is within you and all around you."

The Holy Spirit is access to God. It’s not a conduit because it is a facet of God. Anyone who calls upon the Holy Spirit has access to God. The Holy Spirit was sent amongst all people, men and women. The Bible tells of women being filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesizing and performing miracles.

So, nobody needs a conduit anymore.

All of that is biblical, pre Paul. We shouldn’t ever forget that Paul as a Roman citizen was all about hierarchy, control, and subjugation. Not all of his letters were in line with what Jesus taught or what Jesus wanted. Like Peter, he wasn’t perfect. He was inflexible and just couldn’t get there.

This doctrine is as much the product of Rome as it is the teachings of Christ.