Good news: Indian women breaking down barriers to religious leadership

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Citing scholars who say women in ancient India took part in religious activities, women like Khadkikar say nothing in Hindu practice or scripture forbids their participation. In ancient India, “fewer taboos were attached to women priests,” says Nanditha Krishna, a historian and professor at the University of Madras.
As gender equality grows in India thanks to gains in education as well as the spread of social media, young urban Indians especially are warming to the idea of women in the priesthood.

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2018/05/15/indian-women-breaking-down-barriers-to-religious-leadership/

[MineralMan]

1. Send that to the Pope.

He might learn something from it.

[guillaumeb]

2. He could engage in dialogue with the female religious orders as well. eom

[MineralMan]

3. He has done so.

He has scolded them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218284138

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gossiping-nunsare-terrists-sayspope_us_5a6526a6e4b002283003f983

[Lordquinton]

4. Lifting the misogynistic ban on female priests would be a start

He needs to apologise to women for the centuries of oppression the church has inflicted on them, and start to make amends.

Until then...

[Voltaire2]

5. He can't do that.

The babble literally says women cannot teach and need to shutup and submit.

A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. (NIV, 1 Timothy 2:11-12)

[Lordquinton]

6. Are you saying the pope is a literalist?

I thought only atheists were...

[MineralMan]

7. A selective literalist, I'll have you know!

In fact, Il Papa is the selective Literalist-in-Chief. If one wants to know what is literal and what is not, he's the guy to consult. I hear he's infallible when speaking officially.

[Lordquinton]

8. Infallible as well?!?

I thought religion was never infallible! What's next, does he think God is a specific defined identity?

[MineralMan]

9. Indeed he does. And he thinks flavorless, wheaten crackers and poor wine

miraculously transform into the flesh and blood of said deity. Literally, but only under the right conditions, of course. Hands must be moved and words spoken in a specific way. How does that happen, you ask? It's a great mystery, beyond human understanding, it is said.

The implications are huge!

[Lordquinton]

10. I was told right here in this group

Repeatedly, for years, that no one believes any of that stuff!

Next you'll tell me he thinks homosexuality is wrong too...

[MineralMan]

11. Well, it's officially "disordered behavior."

I guess that translates to "wrong," but I'm not sure.