This thread warrants a thorough response, but I will begin with this:
The words translated "help meet" are ezer kenegdo. These words are used of God Himself in other passages. As such, they do not indicate anything of subservience or incapability for leadership. Rather, they indicate full equality and correspondence to the man.
Your approach had serious problems when you try to equate the use of a word describing human to human relationships to that of God to human relationships. You say the Hebrew for "help" is used of God also, which indeed it does. But, then you go on to write:
"they indicate full equality and correspondence to the man"
So, there is "full equality" between God and his creation, man? That is ridiculous. Paul made clear how to view this and I'll take Paul's inspired commentary of any man.
"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: for
neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:" (1Cor 11:8-9, ASV)
"
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. For
Adam was first formed, then Eve; and
Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:" (1Tim 2:12-14, ASV)
When Paul said "nor to have dominion over a man", that certainly would include political, government office.
Another illustration of the nonsense of equating a word's use between humans, as the same when the word used of relationship between God and man.
"But because the LORD loved(H160/
ahabah) you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." (Deut 7:8, KJV)
But, in the describing the "love" Amnon had for Tamar, which was rape, the same word is used:
"Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love(H160/
ahabah) wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone." (2Sam 13:15, KJV)
God was a helper to the man by giving him a helper, and that is certainly true.
Since it is so often remarked that Bible was written in a culture of patriarchy, haters of women, etc.;
I must conclude then that those making that foolish remark deny that the Bible is truly God's word to man, but merely man's word about God. God did not allow man to pervert his words by the culture of the times:
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." (2Pet 1:20-21, KJV)
or
"Above all, you do well if you recognize this:
No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." (2Pet 1:20-21, NET2.1)
or
"But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting; for never did any prophecy come by human will,
but men sent by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit." (2Pet 1:20-21, Weymouth)
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