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In reply to the discussion: If you believe in original sin you're a misogynistic asshole. [View all]PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)18. Yeah, the whole thing is pretty powerful.
And I agree that it's unreal how it's still an issue in 2015. I blame society for allowing so much religious privilege. Americans are so fucking critical of Islam but fall to see how our own society demands religious law be honored in a secular society. It's held women and every other minority group back in so many ways. Like your OP says, these were fairy tales written by bigoted misogynistic assholes to give themselves power. It's maddening.
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If you believe in original sin you're a misogynistic asshole. [View all]
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
OP
The bible makes it awfully convenient to claim their bigotry is simply religious belief.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#5
I am with you 100%. The way Christianity mistreats women is what pushed my family away years ago.
PeaceNikki
Sep 2015
#14
Most of the women I grew up with left the Church as soon as they could.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#28
I thought that Adam & Eve were both considered guilty of the supposed sin.
DavidDvorkin
Sep 2015
#29
By forcing a human the size of a bowling ball out of a very small orifice?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#32