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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would tell my daughter that all religion is sh**ty to women. Do you want to go on these field trips and cover your head? As an atheist kids need to experience the crappiness of religion so they know what they’re rejecting.[/quote]

This is clearly a troll.[/quote]

What? I’m not a troll. There isn’t a religion on the face of this earth that believes women are equals to men. Even in Buddhism, one cannot reach enlightenment as a woman. [/quote]

Please. I'm a Catholic and I feel 100% equal to men. I've never ONCE felt "less than" during a Mass or any Church gathering. Ironically, it seems to be the self-identified athiests on this thread who want to define me as less than a man.[/quote]

You may feel that way but it isn’t what your church is teaching. (I’m married to a former Catholic.) But I don’t care, pray your to magical sky friend. You are free to live under the illusion that the male dominated institution has women’s best interests in mind. 🙄 I don’t want my daughter poisoned by religion. Life is better when you’re free to be a good person just because you value people, not because your trying to make it to heaven.[/quote]

You're really trying too hard. The Catholic Church officially recognizes men to be not only equal, but they compliment each other. We also hold women in high regard. (Have you seen how we tend to feel about Mary?) Since you are not Catholic, and your husband is a former Catholic, it seems as if my beliefs have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are welcome to believe what you want, as I am welcome to believe what I want. Since you mention you don't want your daughter "poisoned" by religion, I would add that we should also take care not to poison our chlldren based on our own myopic views.

That's why this thread is so interesting. The field trip in question allows children to get a small glimpse into a culture that is not their own. That's when true learning and understanding can occur. My child doesn't go to Deal, but I'll admit that this field trip makes me wish for a moment that she does. Fortunately, she is currently taking a world religions class at her Catholic school, so she is getting some exposure to cultures that are not her own. That will her her be the world citizen that we hope for her to be.[/quote]

Edited: The Catholic Church officially recognizes men AND WOMEN to be not only equal, but they compliment each other.

That unfortunate mistake happens when you are multitasking. Planning for tomorrow's meeting, checking on a kid, and posting here simultaneously clearly didn't work well.[/quote]

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