(August 18, 2015 at 10:07 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(August 18, 2015 at 12:44 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Why does god think that when a woman gives birth to a girl that she is to be considered unclean for double the amount of time rather than if she gave birth to a boy? Why are women considered unclean after they’ve given birth?
Because the Israelites, like most other societies of the era, were misogynist?
There's the truth of the matter. I'm trying to get the christians to see that as well, but we know how that goes 99%+ of the time.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
