Reply #128: Jesus never said a word about gays, and he treated women as equals

[IndianaGreen]

Fundamentalists put Paul's words on a par with Jesus's words. Why? Because fundamentalists believe that every word in the Bible is Divinely inspired. So when Paul says something stupid about women, such as to keep quiet and to ask their husbands if they have any questions, his evident misogyny is given equal weight to what is Jesus's obvious disdain for sexual taboos. Can you imagine Paul initiating a conversation with a woman at the well that he is not related to? I'll bet Jesus even shook hands with women!

This is what I meant to say in my post. All of us that come from the great Middle Eastern monotheistic religions need to come to grips with those aspects of our theology that are clearly bigoted and intolerant.

You know, G-d never wanted a temple in the first place! It was King David that kept insisting in building one until G-d told him that he had too much blood on his hands to build it.