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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree. Especially as a woman. How can you participate in an organization that oppresses you??[/quote]

Not all religions oppress women.[/quote]

Which ones don't?
Christianity - yes
Jewdiasm - yes
Islam - yes
Hinduism - maybe not, but I may as well believe in Fairy tales.[/quote]
First, it's spelled Judaism.

Second, there are different denominations/sects/interpretations of the big three (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) that have different views on gender roles, including denominations/sects/interpretations that promote female leadership/clergy, encourage women to participate actively and fully in religious life, and support/value women generally.

Third, there are lots of other religions that, as you pointed out yourself, you don't know much about. Be more specific in your criticism of religious oppression if you don't want to sound ignorant. [/quote]

All the fundamental principles of those religions are sexist and meant to control the masses.  If anyone has to get down in the weeds to split hairs with you then it is clear you cannot see the forest for the trees.  You are the ignorant one.[/quote]

You are completely wrong, but you will never learn enough to admit it.[/quote]

Thanks for the judgment..

I was raised Christian.  I know enough to know the Nicene Creed, the foundation of the Christian faith.  Specifically the part where it states "For us men".  Ignoring all the religious text, not just Christian, written in this way means you are pulling the wool over your own eyes.  The fact that it has to be discussed what role a woman can/should play in the church.  We never discuss the role of men....

Jesus shall sit on the right hand of the Lord to judge the quick and the dead.  DCUM shall sit on the other hand and judge everyone all the time.  You, Ms. I Have to Justify My Beliefs to Myself, shall never sit to meditate or contemplate your own beliefs, just everyone else's to tell then they're wrong.[/quote]
Your experience with Christianity is not reflective of all religions or religious beliefs. Plenty of women, myself included, contemplate our own beliefs and our roles in our religious communities. It's not necessary to "get down in the weeds" or "split hairs" to find religion meaningful, empowering, and uplifting of women. Not all religions, certainly, but plenty of them, especially today, include equal roles for women (clergy, lay leadership, etc) and don't preach subservience. [/quote]

Thr whole concept is founded on the subservience of women.  I'm glad you find meaning and power for yourself in religion and feel that it's uplifting.  There is a good number of us that cannot forget the foundations of religion and the centuries of oppression.  Not to mention all the other death and problems it causes...

...“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household” (Matthew 10:34-36).
....not exactly what I want for my family.[/quote]

People generally ignore passages like that in favor of ones that bring comfort.[/quote]

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