Should Women Become Pastors and Priests?

[Kofi]

I know the highest level a woman can reach in the catholic church is to become a Reverend Sister or may be a mass server but this is not the case in other denominations. We see and hear women pastors all the time. We see and hear prophetesses all the time but what does the Bible say about women pastors? here is a quotation from the Bible:

"A women must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a women to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the women being deceived, fell into transgression. I Timothy 2: 11-14".

According to this verse, we can see that it is not even right for a Christian woman such as Hillary Clinton to become the President of the United States. Sirleaf Johnson is a female president (president of Liberia) which is very wrong according to this Bible verse. what do you think? Should women Become Pastors?

[Avi]

if thats what god thinks then i dont want to be christian. Women should be allowed to do whatever they want just as men are because god made them with desires just like men and he knows they want to achieve them its not fair for him to torture anyone by not allowing them to fufill their desires (some of which include being the president or a priest or pasture).

[Marfo]

If God says yes then nobody can say no. Esther served more than many other priests of God. God has no gender and so it makes no sense to exclude women from becoming priests and pastors.

[Nkunzi]

Originally Posted by Marfo

If God says yes then nobody can say no. Esther served more than many other priests of God. God has no gender and so it makes no sense to exclude women from becoming priests and pastors.

God DOES have a gender. He stepped out of the unseen realm and became a Human being. The bible foretold this birth in Isa 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a SON is given: and the government shall be upon HIS shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace." Jesus who was a man said "he that hath seen me hath seen the Father". The writer of Hebrews 1v3 says that the MAN Jesus "is the express image of God's person". The list of proof that God has a gender and that he is male endless.

[Doug]

Quote - "A women must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a women to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the women being deceived, fell into transgression. I Timothy 2: 11-14".

What do I think? I think Jesus is the Word of God made flesh, not Paul.
When Paul was on his way to Jerusalem with a bag full of money and the Holy Spirit of God told him not to go he disregarded the voice of God and went anyway. He chose to disobey the will of God and do what he wanted to do. As far as I am concerned a man that purposely does his own will instead of the Will of God should never be trusted in what he says. So when God says He is no respecter of persons I would have to say in His eyes the worth of a woman is the same as a man. Who is the word of God? Paul or Jesus, the Word made flesh?

I hear the heartbeat, voice and nature of religion asking this question.
What I do not hear is the heart, voice and nature of God in the tenure of this question.