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In reply to the discussion: What Mormonism teaches me about religion [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)34. I would really like people's answer to my questions
Please ask these women and others how, in the name of all that is ethical, they can support an institution that declares a 9 year old who was raped was committing a greater "sin" than the man who raped her.
Is this another example, for believers, in the imaginary - or are, perhaps, some women okay with such misogyny if it doesn't impact them directly?
Would these same women think it's useful to work within a totalitarian system to change it from within, or would those women choose to leave a nation, say, that used religious belief to punish and sometimes put women to death?
I cannot find a defense so I'm asking those who seemingly can.
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What perplexes me the most is how we can stand back and agree that Mormonism (for one) is BS
NightWatcher
Sep 2012
#4
Again, if you start from the assumption that all historic religious references and stories
cbayer
Sep 2012
#9
"Most people do not read them literally or think they were actually written by a god" - Really?
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#13
if they were not written by god, then why do they have any more validity than any other text?
RainDog
Sep 2012
#17
A recent post here highlighted a poll which showed that most people who consider themselves
cbayer
Sep 2012
#19
Are you really comparing all the flavors of different religious groups with the KKK?
cbayer
Sep 2012
#24
Those changes are happening due to societal pressure and the inability to defend those beliefs
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#14
That's true, basically they are caving in to secular ethics and morality...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2012
#15
Those changes come about because people's reality shows them their belief group is wrong
RainDog
Sep 2012
#23