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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:18 PM Original message |
Church removes power from women bishops |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's just no rationale to deny women roles in the hierarchy of the Church, |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Sure there is.. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I understand the context you are referencing. I was hoping that by |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I've heard a few lines in the Bible that deny women leadership roles |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. It would be so damn refreshing if women who were interested and |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Isn't the Queen the head of the Church of England? |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. It feels so good to be an agnostic. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Yes! Why in the heck do women support these patriarchal religions??? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Largely because they are scared of what it will do to them if they resist. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Because they were told they'd go to Hell if they didn't.. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. back into the Dark Ages is right!!!!!! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just one more nail.... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. as an ex-com catholic, my question continues to be, "WHY do women remain part of |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The same reasons others remain... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I left (and was also thrown out) when I was 18 for having the temerity to argue doctrine |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Wow, that takes guts |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Damn. That's tough that your family never forgave you. That's one hold they have on people. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Excellent explanation . . ..sad, but excellent -- !!! |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I, too, had some very good experiences with nuns... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. That does say something pretty loud and clear, doesn't it? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Did you read that the money given to the RCC for their "faith based" charities . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yes . .. I remember the contrast between the Parish priests' living conditions |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. niyad |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. You mean, like the entire planet prior to the 20th Century? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. religion = politics ... |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. hopefully this will start to undermine their own cause and break 'em down |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. Pure sexist Authoritarianism. With policies of conviction like this, religion should be able.. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. going back to the old women are`t clean because they bleed bullshit... |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. what was the ratio used in pre civil war america?? Perhaps women are only 4/5 human??? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. So I guess an African American woman would be 12/25 of a person |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. the anti-gay hate we've read about from conservative episcopal/anglican churches |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. Oh, doing what's right might divide the church, so it's better to do what's wrong. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. This is what I dislike about the male-dominated organized religion |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. What about a region that only has one bishop |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wow. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Unfortunately Archbishop Williams seems to suffer from the same "must please everyone even if |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Oh yes |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well, they shouldn't be bishops, anyway. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. This story, as written, makes no sense... |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. Again, thank god I'm an atheist. |
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