Topic: Do you think religion discriminates against women?
Aboveaverageguy's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:15 PM
Why or why not? I say it doesn't...

Ruth34611's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:18 PM
You said no, but you didn't say why not.

Abracadabra's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:21 PM
Which religion?

Some do, some don't.

Aboveaverageguy's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:23 PM
In general, I mean. I say no because all people live and die and are in this respect equal before God.

Ruth34611's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:29 PM
what God does and what religions do are two different things.

Aboveaverageguy's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:32 PM
Not so much; unless you don't beleive in a true religion...

Ruth34611's photo
Wed 10/15/08 08:34 PM
What is a true religion?

Aboveaverageguy's photo
Wed 10/15/08 09:40 PM
Well, a true religion is one belief system or set of related belief systems (like Abrahamic faiths) which one believes to be true to the exclusion of all others.

dawnyhi's photo
Wed 10/15/08 09:41 PM
nope !! in the bible there are great women leaders. and religions put women in honor in different ways.

Abracadabra's photo
Wed 10/15/08 09:45 PM

Well, a true religion is one belief system or set of related belief systems (like Abrahamic faiths) which one believes to be true to the exclusion of all others.


Well, the Old Testament, the Torah, and the Quran were all written by male-chauvinistic authors.

Even Eve was created as an after thought as a helpmeet for Adam.

Women are definitely second-class citizens in the Abrahamic faiths. No question about it. I think a person would really need to be in denial to try to claim otherwise.

Ruth34611's photo
Wed 10/15/08 09:52 PM
Please read before continuing discussion.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/172991

Abracadabra's photo
Wed 10/15/08 10:31 PM

Please read before continuing discussion.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/172991


It's pretty sad when a relationship needs to be a competition.

Dragoness's photo
Wed 10/15/08 10:44 PM
Edited by Dragoness on Wed 10/15/08 10:47 PM

Why or why not? I say it doesn't...


I guess if you say it doesn't than you are advocating the the treatment of women as not only the weaker sexand second hand citizens but also the gender of temptation and misleading as in the Adam and Eve story.

Women have been painted in most modern religions as the evil temptress who misleads man from his honorable duties and such