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Religion

trotsky

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1. Correction to your headline: CHRISTIAN scribes.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 07:29 AM

Jul 2019

The Abrahmic religions and patriarchy have been inexorably intertwined since they arose. You are completely unjustified in saying some wholly separate "patriarchy" motivated the actions of those Christian men. It was as much part of the religion as communion.

The bigger question for you to answer is why didn't their sincere Christian beliefs overrule that, and leave her in?

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Scribes tried to blot her out. Now a scholar is trying to recover the real Mary Magdalene. [View all] guillaumeb Jul 2019 OP

Correction to your headline: CHRISTIAN scribes. trotsky Jul 2019 #1

"Fake Christians"? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #2

Obviously you read the article. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #3

You are free to have your opinion. trotsky Jul 2019 #8

The fun thing about religions is you can always roll your own. hunter Jul 2019 #4

Starting your own religion is rarely a fun affair. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #6

It is good to see people recognizing the obvious patriarchal thinking guillaumeb Jul 2019 #7

To believe that your religion is pure and good and only corrupted by the "outside" influence... trotsky Jul 2019 #9

Patriarchy is not an "outside" influence, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #10

Good, I am glad you recognize that patriarchy has always been an integral part of your religion. n/t trotsky Jul 2019 #14

Did you misread "most societies" as "your religion"? eom guillaumeb Jul 2019 #15

Nope! n/t trotsky Jul 2019 #16

She was pregnant with Jesus's kid and fled to France after the execution. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #5

In Scotland! Because. if it ain't Scottish.... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #18

(cough) assuming she existed at all (cough) AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #11

Among Christians, that is taken as a given. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #12

If she never actually existed, if the biblical character of Mary never existed... AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #13

This is hardly a new revelation. trev Jul 2019 #17

Very true. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #20

I find it interesting trev Jul 2019 #23

Patriarchs might call it natural evolution. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #24

So for 2000 years edhopper Jul 2019 #19

Yes, as you hint, there is something wrong. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #21

You seemed edhopper Jul 2019 #22