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Originally Posted by Spoon Man
First I would like to state that this does not come out of religious conviction but experience and life.
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And I know I'm opening a whole new can of hornets, and I swear that I don't deliberately try to make ripples, but I view religion to be part of the problem with the treatment of women and girls, not part of the solution. Setting aside the obvious issues in Islamic countries since we are talking about the US, my religious background was from a Southern Baptist area of the country-- and with Southern Baptists, the lesser status of women is codified in their official tenants of core beliefs:
http://atheism.about.com/od/baptists...ptistwomen.htm
And I recall this thread that I saw a while back which truly saddened me-- seeing this girl brainwashed into submission and treatment as less of a person-- by the official policy of her religious sect.
http://www.livingwaterke.com/2009/08...ver-their.html
And this story that I saw earlier today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/...urch_rape_case
If you want a solution to mistreatment of girls and women, Christianity is NOT the place to look.