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Atheists & Agnostics

Exultant Democracy

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14. Submission to the more powerful is a major component of them

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 12:52 PM

Dec 2014

I also can help but think about the role women play today in modern cults. Lots of 12 year old girls getting impregnated by their religious figure over the years.

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Why Is Rape at the Origin of Most Religion? [View all] cleanhippie Dec 2014 OP

Male wish fulfillment. PassingFair Dec 2014 #1

Watch it! AlbertCat Dec 2014 #2

Too late! Pope Apologist III already made a proclamation. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #3

LOL! Eagerly awaiting official interpretation... onager Dec 2014 #13

More likely procreation is at the root of it all... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #4

(I could go on, but I'll just wait for the alerts and swarm) AlbertCat Dec 2014 #5

OMG libodem Dec 2014 #10

And a further question is Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #6

This is a side note, but this women-with-animals thing carries into modern advertising and movies. Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #7

Probably so the woman's purity is preserved Warpy Dec 2014 #9

Perhaps a DU mail libodem Dec 2014 #12

My opinion is that it marks the takeover of ancient Goddess religions by patriarchy nt LiberalEsto Dec 2014 #8

There ya go libodem Dec 2014 #11

Submission to the more powerful is a major component of them Exultant Democracy Dec 2014 #14

Pans will be Pans... AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #15