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A Man Is Accepted Into A Church For What He Believes ... (Original Post) ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP
K&R & thanks. nt tblue37 Mar 2022 #1
Exactly. niyad Mar 2022 #2
I was talking with some folks in my local Athiest group Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #3
All this AND it is useful as a political tool to sway the ignorant Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #7
I suspect that even without religion, misogyny would find a way. TygrBright Mar 2022 #8
You're probably right Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #10
K&R. nt flying rabbit Mar 2022 #4
I love the one with the woman holding the sign Diamond_Dog Mar 2022 #5
Me too, Diamond_Dog. ❤ littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #6
It's why there's a Sheela na Gig in so many mediaeval cathedrals and castles Warpy Mar 2022 #13
like all of them tiredtoo Mar 2022 #9
I've got to believe that the Dalai Lama would like the image of the "frog in repose". EarnestPutz Mar 2022 #11
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #12
Love my little atheist pig mountain grammy Mar 2022 #14
Eliminate religion or rape? old as dirt Mar 2022 #15
Actually, religion is a part of culture. old as dirt Mar 2022 #16

Farmer-Rick

(11,399 posts)
3. I was talking with some folks in my local Athiest group
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 02:42 PM
Mar 2022

And came to the realization that being against abortions, wanting every fertilized egg or zygote to be incubated to birth is based solely on religion.

There is no scientific evidence, no provable fact, that using modern medicine, pills or a facility to intentionally end a pregnancy will create or cause any problems. Yeah, it's a decision a woman has to make sometimes. But a decision that really only affects the woman and her family. There is no intrinsic value to forcing women to incubate every zygote to birth.

It's just the ignorance of certain religions being forced onto nonbelievers and codified into law.

Just another atrocity we can lay at the feet of religion.

TygrBright

(20,987 posts)
8. I suspect that even without religion, misogyny would find a way.
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 04:12 PM
Mar 2022

It's about controlling women, and protecting male privilege. Religion is one of the great tools for that, but without religion, there'd be some other bullshit reason advanced to achieve the same end.

wearily,
Bright

Farmer-Rick

(11,399 posts)
10. You're probably right
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 04:32 PM
Mar 2022

I was watching this talk by David Graeber. He's a University professor out of Birmingham.

He basically explains how agriculture got its start off the slave labor of women. In fact, in certain ancient societies slave was a word only used for women. To have a male slave was considered impossible. That's why multiple wives were considered a good thing.....more slave labor.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
13. It's why there's a Sheela na Gig in so many mediaeval cathedrals and castles
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 05:02 PM
Mar 2022

She's there to remind men (and male gods) where they all came from.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
9. like all of them
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 04:16 PM
Mar 2022

Trying to decide which to copy and paste. it's between the woman with the sign and the one about which religion is most peaceful.

EarnestPutz

(2,583 posts)
11. I've got to believe that the Dalai Lama would like the image of the "frog in repose".
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 04:43 PM
Mar 2022

As would, no doubt, Mark Twain.

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