I want to post about god and feminism.  is god really compatible with feminism?  it's difficult for me to reconcile god with women's rights and empowerment and difficult for me to divorce god with fundamentalism, conservatism and judgmentalism in general.  why does god allow abuse and why do so many people use the bible to allow and perpetuate misogyny and  hierar\chical treatment towards women?

Depends on the gods.  Neopagans seem to have that one pretty well under thumb, the abrahamics may not.  Maybe you should make a thread?

(April 16, 2019 at 9:55 pm)seylee Wrote: I want to post about god and feminism.  is god really compatible with feminism?  it's difficult for me to reconcile god with women's rights and empowerment and difficult for me to divorce god with fundamentalism, conservatism and judgmentalism in general.  why does god allow abuse and why do so many people use the bible to allow and perpetuate misogyny and  hierar\chical treatment towards women?

I presume that the god that you write about is that of the babble?

Your problem is easy to resolve.

Man created god.  In fact, Man has created thousands of them.  None of them are real.  They are fictitious.  There isn't one shred of evidence for any of them.  A bunch of old books containing fairy tales about their fictitious gods does not constitute proof, in spite of what believers claim.  All the books actually prove is that, once upon a time, some people wrote some books in order to persuade people that their god actually exists.

All you need do is to stop putting in the effort to believe in god/gods.    

This has 4 benefits:

1. The incompatibilities between god(s) and feminism will disappear.

2. The effort that you currently have to expend in order to continue to believe in god(s) will be eliminated.

3. You will no longer sound stupid to your friends/family/acquaintances because you can now announce that you no longer believe in supernatural deities.

4.  Your cognitive dissonance, caused by the illogical belief in god(s), will completely disappear.

(April 11, 2019 at 6:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 11, 2019 at 5:53 pm)seylee Wrote: I also feel that this god is someone who alternates being between good and mean and abusive, like an abuser.  It is very difficult dealing with a being like this.

You know, you REALLY shouldn't call yourself an atheist.

Boru

OP is really really calling themself a poo.

Poe! Meant "poe".

(April 11, 2019 at 5:53 pm)seylee Wrote: I also feel that this god is someone who alternates being between good and mean and abusive, like an abuser.  It is very difficult dealing with a being like this.

Are you a human being?

(April 16, 2019 at 9:55 pm)seylee Wrote: I want to post about god and feminism.  is god really compatible with feminism?  it's difficult for me to reconcile god with women's rights and empowerment and difficult for me to divorce god with fundamentalism, conservatism and judgmentalism in general.  why does god allow abuse and why do so many people use the bible to allow and perpetuate misogyny and  hierar\chical treatment towards women?

Because god is a fantasy, a man (well mostly man) made creation of the mind. Of course it's used, or can be used, to manipulate women. 

I think you need to be angry with the people who used god as a tool. god does not really exist.

(April 17, 2019 at 6:30 pm)wyzas Wrote:

(April 16, 2019 at 9:55 pm)seylee Wrote: I want to post about god and feminism.  is god really compatible with feminism?  it's difficult for me to reconcile god with women's rights and empowerment and difficult for me to divorce god with fundamentalism, conservatism and judgmentalism in general.  why does god allow abuse and why do so many people use the bible to allow and perpetuate misogyny and  hierar\chical treatment towards women?

Because god is a fantasy, a man (well mostly man) made creation of the mind. Of course it's used, or can be used, to manipulate women. 

I think you need to be angry with the people who used god as a tool. god does not really exist.

So are you saying that god's a tool?

My feeling is that one cannot be circumcised and believe in god because, to believe in god, one has to be a complete prick.

(April 17, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Lemon Curry Wrote:

(April 17, 2019 at 6:30 pm)wyzas Wrote: Because god is a fantasy, a man (well mostly man) made creation of the mind. Of course it's used, or can be used, to manipulate women. 

I think you need to be angry with the people who used god as a tool. god does not really exist.

So are you saying that god's a tool?

My feeling is that one cannot be circumcised and believe in god because, to believe in god, one has to be a complete prick.

Yes, a mental concept used as a tool to psychologically manipulate people. 

And I like my exposed helmet, even if it has manipulated me occasionally.

(April 17, 2019 at 6:44 pm)wyzas Wrote:

(April 17, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Lemon Curry Wrote: So are you saying that god's a tool?

My feeling is that one cannot be circumcised and believe in god because, to believe in god, one has to be a complete prick.

Yes, a mental concept used as a tool to psychologically manipulate people. 

And I like my exposed helmet, even if it has manipulated me occasionally.

Slightly too much information there Rocky.

(April 17, 2019 at 6:50 pm)Lemon Curry Wrote:

(April 17, 2019 at 6:44 pm)wyzas Wrote: Yes, a mental concept used as a tool to psychologically manipulate people. 

And I like my exposed helmet, even if it has manipulated me occasionally.

Slightly too much information there Rocky.

Could have been worse.



Whole new meaning to "dick head".