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trotsky

(49,533 posts)

11. Those men have holy scripture to support their views.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 10:28 AM

Jan 2019

You help enable them by supporting the idea that the bible contains information from a god.

But since none of your can agree WHICH parts are god's, we have this mess where everyone picks and chooses and they're all equally justified because your god refuses to get involved. Or doesn't exist.

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Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions [View all] guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

Their own fault if they believe nonsense like this: LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #1

I disagree. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

Lots of those men believe they are obeying God. Mariana Jan 2019 #3

Some do believe that. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4

You're hijacking your own threads now? Mariana Jan 2019 #6

Believing God wants you to dominate your wife adds an extra layer of force marylandblue Jan 2019 #9

No matter who the misogynist, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #14

I wonder what informed their notions of gender roles. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #13

Yep; and that's is why many of us laugh when people ask "what's the harm in believing?" /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #5

Those men have holy scripture to support their views. trotsky Jan 2019 #11

I'm curious customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #7

Do liberal Christian and Jewish sects count as separate religions? marylandblue Jan 2019 #8

I have no familiarity customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #10

The goddess centered religions. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #15

The largest denomination of Christianity on this planet MineralMan Jan 2019 #12