(March 3, 2014 at 2:03 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: So, since we hear lots of folks tout how the US was founded on Christian principles, is that why slavery and the oppression of women lasted so long?
Christian principles. Yep.
Let's not forget those "contributions."
Yes, I've heard that the bible was used to defend slavery, and we probably wouldn't have the 50's traditional housewife without religion. I can't think of another reason why anyone would think the man needed to be the head of the household, or why there needed to be a head of the household at all, instead of an equal partnership. Of course people like to promote biblical family values when defending lifelong monogamous relationships as the only way, despite the fact that monogamous marriages weren't biblical. Not to mention that nowadays a woman does not need a man to get by in life. Or at least shouldn't need one.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
