Last night she was reading Laura's blog and I happened to read this over her shoulder:
First sign we were in trouble other than the on-going mismatch on sex was when he came home from work with this little announcement. That one of his coworkers had told him the man is the head of the household and that women are not equal in the eyes of God. He quoted scripture at me. We were both good little Epsicopalians at this point, may I add. He made these awful announcements and somehow thought that would make him win all the "discussions" we’d been having about the Bible and church, and I know realize looking back he was also trying to assert some kind of authority over me, in the marriage. My reply to him, "If that’s really what the Bible says, and really what God means, that being a woman isn’t as good as being a man then I can’t be Christian anymore." Not what he expected me to say. I’d never seen him back-pedal so hard in our first year of marriage. He basically said, his friend could be wrong and the Bible verses were open to interrprutation. Damn right they were, and damn right his friend was wrong.What perfect sentiment: When you realize your religion is abhorrent and misogynistic, don't cherry pick it; Drop it.
I am now a happy little Wiccan and have been for about ten years.
2 comments:
I am not a defender of christianity by any means, and am loosely affiliated with the Unitarian/Universalist church. However, it feels counterproductive to "drop" religion and some of the good tenets that they promote (e.g. the golden rule, etc.).
You are underestimating the difficulty for anyone coming out in our judeo-christian culture and saying I am an atheist or I don't believe in christianity...
What I am saying is that cherry picking maybe an evolutionary process for someone to wean themselves off of the relgion their parents and grandparents have drilled into them...it is more of a dimmer switch process than an on/off button.
I am not a defender of christianity by any means, and am loosely affiliated with the Unitarian/Universalist church. However, it feels counterproductive to "drop" religion and some of the good tenets that they promote (e.g. the golden rule, etc.).
You are underestimating the difficulty for anyone coming out in our judeo-christian culture and saying I am an atheist or I don't believe in christianity...
What I am saying is that cherry picking maybe an evolutionary process for someone to wean themselves off of the relgion their parents and grandparents have drilled into them...it is more of a dimmer switch process than an on/off button.
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