sponsored links

Community > General Religion Chat

Topic: The god in most modern........
Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Tue 02/12/08 02:36 PM
religions seems pretty male chauvenistic, huh? Where does this come from? Is he really a male chauvenist or is this the men who write the religions showing through?

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Tue 02/12/08 02:38 PM
The so called "One True God" of the monotheistic religions is actually androgynous. It is the followers of those religions that assign human traits to that deity.

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Tue 02/12/08 02:40 PM


MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Tue 02/12/08 02:41 PM
"He" and "Him" are just the pronouns used.

Caecius Joined Mon 04/09/07 Posts: 8	Tue 02/12/08 02:42 PM
Of course they do; after all, males were the ones in the places of power, and what better way to keep the power than to create a powerful, spiteful male deity that declares females less than men to keep that power? @MirrorMirror: So, basically, they don't know what they believe in, so they just make it so that they "believe" in what they want to believe, especially since human traits are things like "loving" and "just" and "omnipotent?"

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Tue 02/12/08 02:51 PM
Considering the time these religions were "created" it makes sense the men of the time wrote their ethical values into the religion. If you look back into history in some religions females are revered as the powerful force due to their ability to "create" life. I believe if there would be an all powerful being man and woman would be equal in it's eyes but religions do not reflect this concept for the most part. Men of the time could not conceive of this concept?

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Tue 02/12/08 02:57 PM
Considering the time these religions were "created" it makes sense the men of the time wrote their ethical values into the religion. If you look back into history in some religions females are revered as the powerful force due to their ability to "create" life. I believe if there would be an all powerful being man and woman would be equal in it's eyes but religions do not reflect this concept for the most part. Men of the time could not conceive of this concept? Actually,its modern man that has trouble concieving of that concept. Ancient man had no problem with it.

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Tue 02/12/08 07:59 PM
Thanks mirror, cacius and pats for your comments. I guess alot of people do not want to consider this concept. This is just one of my considerations when looking at a religion. How they comparitively treat both genders. Is one considered in control while the other subservient.

Community > General Religion Chat