A specific function in a family organization, whether patriarchal or matriarchal, does not make women lesser, IMO. Even the strictest baptist around here won’t say that the Bible states women are propert . and I’m pretty sure some of them grew up with slaves. A woman having a role and a woman is property are leagues away from each other.
The reason “ their idea of religion is (for reasons that are honestly batshit) inextricably tied” to them is simple. We, as people are not one thing. We are a complex narrative of what we’ve been through, what we see ourselves as, what others see us as and our beliefs and desires.
The fact the any one could see women as property ( which has yet to be shown) is one of many beliefs that we all agree is fundamentally wrong. It is not tied to their religion, however their religion is tied to their identity. What I hear from the other side is religious people endorse rape and treating women as property, specifically because of their religion. I see it at the same ridiculousness as assuming my insistence that the grass is green and sky is blue because the Preacher told me so.
The reason “ their idea of religion is (for reasons that are honestly batshit) inextricably tied” to them is simple. We, as people are not one thing. We are a complex narrative of what we’ve been through, what we see ourselves as, what others see us as and our beliefs and desires.
The fact the any one could see women as property ( which has yet to be shown) is one of many beliefs that we all agree is fundamentally wrong. It is not tied to their religion, however their religion is tied to their identity. What I hear from the other side is religious people endorse rape and treating women as property, specifically because of their religion. I see it at the same ridiculousness as assuming my insistence that the grass is green and sky is blue because the Preacher told me so.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
