You know, it's exactly this line of thought that made me renounce my religion. As a child I had such a hard time fathoming why liking to learn and get educated was supposed to be a sin. When the idea came back to me later on, I just knew I had to cut the crap. But why? I don't know. It seems to me that the literate goat herders of old seem to blame women a lot just because (e.g. I'm horny, so it's that woman's fault, let's wrap her in shitloads of black cloth, if that doesn't help, let's stone her to death!). 
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
