More atheist men than women?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I know you're not that. But seriously, don't undermine a woman's power to carry life and give birth.

I would argue that such a biological event gives women a much deeper spiritual outlook than men can possess. Perhaps I'm victim of confirmation bias, but the women in my life who are mothers seem to have a deeper understanding than women who aren't mothers, or men in general, if you'll forgive my broad brush.

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... and yet you think such a thing disqualifies her as a spiritual teacher.

I can't pretend to understand the faithful sometimes.

In my humble opinion, it just comes down to men and women not always having the same abilities. They are both still equally great, equally powerful, and equally important. Just in a few different ways. Men cannot give birth, and women cannot give spiritual life. Neither is better than the other. Just different.

The idea that women are inherently less capable of expounding spiritual truths is silly on its face.

You obviously agree with me. Here you are, a woman, coming to a forum which is largely male, and expounding what you believe to be spiritual truth; the irony is that the truth you are preaching says, in your mind, that you aren't qualified to be our spiritual leader.

I might disagree with your views -- or my mom's, or my sister's -- but it isn't because you're a woman. Your understanding of reality can be just as deep as mine, without regard to our genitalia, even when we disagree, as we obviously do.

If you aren't qualified to be a spiritual leader, Cathy, what are you doing here? Making sweet tea?

This is the essential contradiction facing a Catholic lady.