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Something is strange in the heart of Christianity

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Paul (Galatians 3:28)

"I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."

Paul (1 Timothy 2:12)

If we wanted an easy answer, we would say Paul (or "The Bible") is contracting himself. Or that two different people wrote it. Or that it was just meaningless rhetoric. But Paul is followi Jesus's pattern. In spite of reaching out to women far more than others around him, Jesus notably did not choose a single woman as a disciple. His inner-circle was a diverse lot -- a tax collector, a Zealot, various fishermen, even a non-Galilean (Judas Iscariot) -- but not one woman. What is going on?