(November 3, 2008 at 10:34 am)jules96 Wrote: I don't know how many of you are women in this forum, but I really get angry about the way that religion has blamed women for various things (Eve caused Adam to eat the forbidden fruit, so from then on, all women would pay for this sin by having menstrual periods and giving birth to babies - definitely severe punishment!) and the way women are supposed to behave and are treated because of religion. Mary Magadeline was a prostitue, etc. Women were only created to be a "helpmate" to men - they had no purpose of their own. Today, in many religions, women are not allowed to have positions in the church because they are not "worthy." Women must submit to their husbands. Women in muslim countries are murdered because they go outside without a man, and muslim terrorists are rewarded with 72 virgins when they go to heaven. And all the other bullshit that religions spew.
Agreed. And isn't it sad when you see women in the CofE demonstrating against the ordination of women priests? They can look good in fancy dress too, surely? Why do women of faith accept all the shit?
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
