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Religion

Thats my opinion

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19. Don't know where you heard it. What sort of church?

Reply to EvolveOrConvolve (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 01:05 PM

Mar 2013

It has been out of the prayer books for some time. It is not only liturgically wrong, but theologically and socially wrong.

Please write the clergy about it.

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Nope, misogyny is not religiously motivated. Not at all. No way. [View all] 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2013 OP

God the father, God the son, & God the holy spirit. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #1

many religions have a triune deity. in some, She is Maiden, Mother, Crone. niyad Mar 2013 #4

Thanks, I'll check it out - literally. My library has it. :D Going there later today. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #24

Popular Catholiism made Mary okasha Mar 2013 #10

or is religion mysogynistically-motivated? unblock Mar 2013 #2

Does it matter? enlightenment Mar 2013 #3

Disagree, actually Kber Mar 2013 #5

I was speaking to the chicken and egg enlightenment Mar 2013 #7

I agree that misogyny can exist without religion, CrispyQ Mar 2013 #8

It exists without any religious support nt Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #15

At best, religion is the fertilizer for misogyny, at worst it is the root of it. cleanhippie Mar 2013 #26

just a tiny example of what has always irritated me --"I now pronounce you man and wife" niyad Mar 2013 #6

"obey" CrispyQ Mar 2013 #9

that too. several years ago, I attended a friend's wedding in a very conservative religion. she niyad Mar 2013 #11

Been to a few weddings like that Freddie Mar 2013 #30

Nobody i know has used that for decades. Catch up at least nt Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #13

see post above--this was only a couple of years ago. listen to movies--you STILL hear "man niyad Mar 2013 #16

He is only trying to keep himself convinced. cleanhippie Mar 2013 #17

yes, fingers in ears. . niyad Mar 2013 #22

Movies? Now that's some authoority for religious truth. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #20

Then what IS "authority for religious truth", charles? cleanhippie Mar 2013 #27

As good as anything you've been offering. mr blur Mar 2013 #31

I heard the "obey" crap in a wedding just last June EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2013 #18

Don't know where you heard it. What sort of church? Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #19

I think it was a Baptist church EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2013 #21

Southern Baptists are on record as maintaining okasha Mar 2013 #33

In other words skepticscott Mar 2013 #23

Where in the world did you find the first article and who on earth is Carl L. Possehl? cbayer Mar 2013 #12

This is a model perpetuated by Paul in one of his letters. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #14

Even Paul okasha Mar 2013 #32

Misogyny is often religiously motivated - or perhaps religion is often made in a misogynous image LeftishBrit Mar 2013 #25

I'm outraged! Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #28

Women, remember that the Bible says to SUBMIT to your husband, shcrane71 Mar 2013 #29

Authoritarian, hierarchical, irrational. What could possibly go wrong? Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #34

You ever wonder why evangelicals are hardline about abortion? This is a big part of it SpartanDem Mar 2013 #35