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Yes, it is. And not every. I'm Wiccan. TDale313 Jan 2016 #1
Have you heard of Diane Stein ? BlueJazz Jan 2016 #16
Doesn't Mary . . . Depaysement Jan 2016 #2
I dunno, maybe we should ask temporary311 Jan 2016 #3
Yes I know the Catholic hierarchy is sexist Depaysement Jan 2016 #5
So it's an "awesome revelation" Mendocino Jan 2016 #9
Oh spare me Depaysement Jan 2016 #25
Why not answer the question? lunatica Jan 2016 #86
I did Depaysement Jan 2016 #123
And of course she was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #159
That is a different issue though treestar Jan 2016 #34
"women in inferior positions" is the issue of the OP (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #95
No Mendocino Jan 2016 #4
Zero Depaysement Jan 2016 #6
Have you forgotten Pope Joan? Jim Lane Jan 2016 #125
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Only because she was a virgin. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #15
Well they said she was a virgin but since there was no artificial insemination back then malaise Jan 2016 #18
What's even more misogynistic is the idea of original sin. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #21
That right there abelenkpe Jan 2016 #27
Not a single one of my friends stayed in the Church after they were old enough to leave. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #30
Only one of my siblings raised her sons Catholic malaise Jan 2016 #57
Who needs the additonal guilt? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #60
Original sin is corrosive and abusive. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #58
Very well said! Wish I could rec this post! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #64
Thank you, kind fan. The Christians have no good answer for me on that. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #69
Walking away is the best policy Warpy Jan 2016 #78
I had profound doubts about that nonsense by the time I was 10. hifiguy Jan 2016 #83
Excellent post malaise Jan 2016 #140
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Yep - I think the only person ever blamed for everything more than women malaise Jan 2016 #33
THANKS Obama! randys1 Jan 2016 #66
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #138
+ a brazilian!!! hifiguy Jan 2016 #48
"Virgin" is a mistranslation of "young woman". Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #90
Or they said she was a young woman truebluegreen Jan 2016 #130
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Hold yourself to a decent standard malaise Jan 2016 #38
He's dead, Jim! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #39
I was going to add - have a good life malaise Jan 2016 #40
I think we've had a "divine intervention " Mendocino Jan 2016 #41
Hehehehehhe malaise Jan 2016 #44
I just don't know my place! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #42
That damn Mary Mendocino Jan 2016 #51
The RCC: proudly shaming women for over 1000 years. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #54
Goes back to Eve Mendocino Jan 2016 #61
Yep, it was all HER fault! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #62
They get older, Mendocino Jan 2016 #67
Some break free, more than a few DUers were raised as fundamentalist Christians. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #68
Point taken Mendocino Jan 2016 #113
Nope, it's not but they've made it their modern day crusade and they have the numbers to wage it. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #115
I agree Mendocino Jan 2016 #118
Yes, many do but the only one powerful enough here to affect laws is Christianity. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #119
Your facts are wrong. Again. rug Jan 2016 #73
Catholic Church and the politics of abortion: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #79
"The RCC was behind every law restricting access to birth control, women's health clinics and rug Jan 2016 #82
Every recent law, splitting hairs about how involved the RCC is in restricting my rights? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #85
Knowing the facts is not splitting hairs. And the issue is far greater than "your" rights. rug Jan 2016 #93
Anyone who feels he needs to defend the Church from its victims is no ally. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #94
Has someone ordained you to declaim who is or who is not an ally of whatever you think you're doing? rug Jan 2016 #99
Oops, missed one: Catholic dominance over hospitals endangers women beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #100
Oh, you've missed much more than that. rug Jan 2016 #101
The Church frames it as a religious war, rug and they wage it every day. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #104
They frame their position as religious doctrine. rug Jan 2016 #105
There it is! The word "religious", thanks for admitting that religion is the source. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #106
Read the post again. rug Jan 2016 #108
The Vatican's War on Women: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #109
There's the monomania again. rug Jan 2016 #110
Another uppity woman speaks: Beatriz Case Reveals Catholic Hierarchy’s War on Women beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #111
Your disregard of Pelosi suggests yorur real target here is not women's rights at all. rug Jan 2016 #112
My focus is the Church's war on women and guess who's leading the charge?: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #114
And Pelosi's focus is on keeping the laws on the books and enforced. rug Jan 2016 #116
Annie Laurie Gaylor is pretty credible, she speaks for me: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #117
That's a matter of opinion. Every pronouncement is through the lens of FFRF. rug Jan 2016 #120
You asked and I answered, my opinion is just as valid as Nancy's and counts for more than yours. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #121
Let me guess. Your opinion counts for more than mine because . . . .? rug Jan 2016 #122
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #160
More: "Thank the Catholic church for terrifying abortion restrictions in Latin America" beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #107
Rightwing Watch: The Personhood Movement: Internal Battles Go Public beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #96
More facts for you: Do Bishops Run Your Hospital? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #97
More anti-Catholic bias, this time from the ACLU: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #98
There is a very clear war on women malaise Jan 2016 #141
Yes there is, and it's escalated significantly. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #142
They won't win that one malaise Jan 2016 #143
And it's about as much of a secret hifiguy Jan 2016 #153
LOL malaise Jan 2016 #154
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Isn't that because of her virgin status? loyalsister Jan 2016 #56
mary is seen as a saint and a very special one restorefreedom Jan 2016 #74
She might outrank Joseph. Ino Jan 2016 #152
You need to go to Venus for women to play a dominant/equal role. valerief Jan 2016 #7
"When 'God' was a Woman" Donkees Jan 2016 #10
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thank you for mentioning this book. truedelphi Jan 2016 #71
"The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets" is also excellent Donkees Jan 2016 #84
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Prajnaparamita --The Perfection of Wisdom Donkees Jan 2016 #12
Yes there are female bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) in Buddhism. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #81
i think so barbtries Jan 2016 #14
We went to a funeral service this morning malaise Jan 2016 #17
Most religions are about divine approval of whatever TPTB want ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #19
Actually ancient religions gave women a prominent place nichomachus Jan 2016 #20
It is because most religions developed out of primitive socieities Kurska Jan 2016 #22
It's not like that in Unitarianism. nt GliderGuider Jan 2016 #23
Yes, and UUs are not Christian anymore. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #65
My Church JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #75
nor in the Society of Friends. n/t eShirl Jan 2016 #126
Until this year, The Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal church was Katharine Jefferts Schori... Journeyman Jan 2016 #24
Twelve U.S. presidents have identified as being Episcopalian . . . Journeyman Jan 2016 #47
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Not every, just the loudest and most visible Rebkeh Jan 2016 #28
No. kwassa Jan 2016 #29
Well that is true but they feed each other n/t malaise Jan 2016 #36
Pretty sure you have that backwards Lordquinton Jan 2016 #45
The indigenous people would not give up their goddesses. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #70
Funny thing. Look up the origins of the goddess Columbia and her importance Promethean Jan 2016 #128
and because many of the indigenous hopemountain Feb 2016 #156
I disagree kwassa Jan 2016 #72
Yep, the Romans were masters at pragmatic co-opting hifiguy Jan 2016 #87
It is because they originated in patriarchal societies. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #31
I think that's true for most institutions - the views of the dominant class prevail malaise Jan 2016 #49
And they are codified in texts considered to be hand made by God, backward norms made sacred Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #76
It does seem to be a common feature of ancient civilization treestar Jan 2016 #32
Seriously, there is a simple answer Depaysement Jan 2016 #35
Not every EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #43
It is certainly one if humanity's hifiguy Jan 2016 #46
Same here malaise Jan 2016 #50
"The bible is my favorite book of fiction" Mendocino Jan 2016 #52
Unfortunately it's the only book many persons have read malaise Jan 2016 #55
I had a co-worker who considered reading anything Mendocino Jan 2016 #63
Wow, what a narrow-minded person smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #161
Objectively speaking, that is about as profoundly hifiguy Jan 2016 #89
Yes indeed malaise Jan 2016 #136
In addition to Wicca, Unitarian Universalism does not. KamaAina Jan 2016 #53
Not all religions. Cleita Jan 2016 #59
Not arguing but that is not how the Native American women are portrayed doc03 Jan 2016 #80
"In the movies"... Curmudgeoness Jan 2016 #91
The dictionary definition of the word squaw is "an American Indian Women". Had no idea doc03 Jan 2016 #133
Movies made by men, mostly white men..... Grey Jan 2016 #92
Movies? Of course one must base all one knows about First Nations people on movies. Cleita Jan 2016 #103
Because all Abrahamic religions were started by men. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #77
But the Hindu religion is not Abrahamic malaise Jan 2016 #137
Well, hell, it BEGAN IN THE BIBLE. onecent Jan 2016 #88
TPTB are also killing the planet AKA "Mother" Nature. They really hate women. nt valerief Jan 2016 #102
Modern societies where women rule OxQQme Jan 2016 #124
This brush is so broad that it must need a crew to move it. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #127
Not all do. H2O Man Jan 2016 #129
Well, not picking on Eastern religion here just Western Rex Jan 2016 #131
I see the relegation of women to lesser roles not as a crux so much, Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #132
It's easier to justify injustice if you are guided by an invisible being whose will only you know DFW Jan 2016 #134
Profound malaise Jan 2016 #145
I wish it were posted at the Capitol and at the EPA DFW Jan 2016 #147
Quakers have never had women as other than equal. quaker bill Jan 2016 #135
Quakers were a very progressive religion particularly with the regard to the malaise Jan 2016 #139
Friends Comittee on National Legislation quaker bill Feb 2016 #157
I know about Susan B.Anthony - a great woman malaise Feb 2016 #158
Because almost every religion codifies the existing power structure. eom. Bad Thoughts Jan 2016 #144
I think it's more like the power structure adopting and adapting what suits them malaise Jan 2016 #148
Yes. It's the outward show of the crux. The crux can be ferreted out. One theory is Marilyn French's ancianita Jan 2016 #149
There are now women Buddhist monks yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #150
It's age-old Tab Jan 2016 #151
Nice post malaise Feb 2016 #163
Yes and Yes madokie Feb 2016 #162
Because every religion is copied after earlier ancient religions. B Calm Feb 2016 #164
Most of the ones that have gained and retained power were made up for that very reason. Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #165
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