Alright, here is my point by point response to the most brain-dead ignorant thing I read since I read the first chapter of The Secret.

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1. Patriarchy means father rule & is rooted in the nature of God’s created order. It means that men are the head of the home, church, & society. We see this reflected in the federal headship of Adam, the nature of the covenantal promises, the 5th commandment, & many other places.

2. One the purposes of a marriage is “the increase of mankind with legitimate issue” (WCF 24.2). Thus, children are to be seen & received as a blessing from the Lord. There's disagreement among Christian patriarchalists on when, why, & if a couple should limit their fruitfulness.

3. All are believers, male and female, belong to a “royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9) and live out that reality in light of their God-given station.

Duh. DUH. This list is giving me brain cancer. Pray for me.

4. Husbands are the head of their household. The head of household’s authority is delegated to them by God and must be exercised according to His ways and purposes. Thus, it is a limited authority as only God's is absolute.

5. Men and women equally bear the image of God but are to live according two heir distinctive God-ordained sexualities.

6. Emotions are gift from God and, like all things, should be expressed in a way that honors His design. (I mean, c'mon, are they serious?)

7.  It was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman. Some believe that this women are more easily deceived (see Patrick Fairbairn, Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles pp. 129-130) but not all are agreed on this point.

Not many guys are into horoscopes. Just saying.

8. The qualifications to vote among Christian patriarchalists differ quite a bit. Some do head of household voting but even then many would allow a widow (i.e. a woman) to vote if she was the head of her household.

9. There is no mediator between mankind (male and female) and God besides Christ Jesus.

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10. Men and women are to defer to one another in a way that acknowledges their God-given sex and station. That being said, the marriage-relationship is unique and doesn’t extend to the whole mankind’s relationships.

11. There is not a universal position regarding Eternal Subordination of the Son (ESS) held by Christian patriarchalists. Personally, I reject ESS. I think feminist suckered a lot of complementarians into fighting about the Trinity when it's easy to pwn them on the created order.

12. Man is the head of the household & his wife is helpmate. She is equal in that she equally bears the image of God. There's a hierarchal structure to the household. In this sense, she is inferior. However, men, like Gouge, still saw a wife as a near equal in terms of authority.

13. An authority can and should require submission to biblically just actions to anyone God has placed under their leadership. All authorities should exercise their office with wisdom and skill. A husband should not attempt to physically force his wife to submit.

14. “Working outside the home” is a post-industrial construct pregnant with feminist presuppositions. Men and women both should labor to be productive and the center of that productivity is normatively within the home for wives (see Titus 2).

15. All covenant children must receive a Christian education. The form of that education is not mandated by Scripture. That being said, the work of keeping and building a home requires that a woman be wise and capable. A good education is recommended.

16. This list read likes a thirdrate feminist Babylon Bee knock-off article written by someone with a serious head injury. 

All children are the responsibility of a father &he, assuming he knows Christ, would lay his life down for them in way distinct from all of “belongings.”

17. Both sons and daughters are to honor and obey both their father and mother.

Almost done... sheesh.

18. Some patriarchalists are pro-courtship but not all. I, for one, think it’s biblical roots are questionable and are insanely unrealistic in post-Christian culture. I dated my wife, no purity ring required. We just kept it in our pants and then got married

This whole list is stupid. And if you think it reflects patriarchy... well you are at the very least naive and unread.

Read William Gouge, Stephen B. Clark, William K Mouser, and stop listening to some crazed screenshot drama queen.

Here you go @MilkToastOnRye. I did this because your wife is a champion of biblical femininity.