What is the Most Powerful Argument Against Women in the Clergy

So far as I can tell, there is no legitimate argument within the faith to exclude women from the pulpit. I've heard many attempts to explain the prohibition. Catholics and their relative denominations like Missouri Synod Lutherans, have given several versions. The link spells of a common Catholic one. All the explanations are almost silly. "Adam, a man, came before Eve." "Jesus' disciples were all men." Maybe Adam did not come before Eve, no one knows. And maybe Jesus' disciples were not all men. No one has ever written he/she saw either Jesus or his disciples. So, when I saw a title that implied a serious discussion of why women are not allowed, I jumped on it.

The link claims male clergy was "given the church by God." To justify this outlandish claim he goes back to the male disciples. Even if there were disciples, which we do not know for sure, and even if they were all males, we don't have independent verification of that, we don't know why they would have been all males. It could have been the culture of the time in the small region where this stuff was supposed to have taken place, i.e. it might have had nothing to do with religion.

Then the link goes to another bogus reason, "It has always been this way." This may or may not have been true and, again, if it was true there may be reasons other than religion for the practice. One thing most important is that those who made the rules for all male clergy were males.

Christianity and its introducer, Judaism, had lots of practices that were there for a long time and then dropped because they became unpopular. Men no longer have lots of wives.

The Catholic link author is angry because both Popes Francis and Leo hint women may eventually be admitted to the priesthood. When women have the power to demand it, it will happen.