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In reply to the discussion: Feminists can be Christians, too [View all]darkstar3
(8,763 posts)60. You really think it was a "checklist"?
A checklist?! I don't even know how to respond to the idea that what I posted there was some checklist for you to go over.
Wrap that DU mantra of "my church is different" around you like a shield all you want, just don't expect other people to believe that your limited experience is reflective of religion as whole. In fact, don't even expect me to believe that your church is some miraculous center of equality when so many are today's bastions of gender roles.
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Intelligent people have been religious for all of human history, all over the world.
kwassa
Feb 2012
#14
To do so, she must pretend that much of Paul's teachings are not in the faith
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#3
Wrong. Again you ignore that it was a direct response to the question at hand.
darkstar3
Feb 2012
#18
Amazing how some presume to think they know how everyone of an organization or group thinks.
Kurmudgeon
Feb 2012
#32
Like I said, pick and choose. No part of the Christian Holy Bible was written by Jesus Christ. nt
ZombieHorde
Feb 2012
#30
No, that was Paul. Another reason why I make distinction between Paulists and Christians.
Kurmudgeon
Feb 2012
#33
Wouldn't a rational approach consider all the miracles and supernatural parts metaphors?
ZombieHorde
Feb 2012
#73
There are so many things wrong with your post that it's hard to know where to begin.
darkstar3
Feb 2012
#50
When I was younger, women's church groups tended to focus on one of two things, sometimes both
Nikia
Feb 2012
#67
Yes they do. Ordination is not equality. Switching to ordination was moving the goal posts.
darkstar3
Feb 2012
#57