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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Last week, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter released a widely disseminated statement concerning the global mistreatment of women based on religious texts and doctrines. Mr. Carter was so disturbed by the sexism within his own church organization, the Southern Baptist Convention, that he left it after 60 years. In his commentary, Carter quoted the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and the Bible (Gal 3:28) to demonstrate his own integrity as concerns race, religion and gender. He then remarked:
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths... The male interpretation of religious texts and the way they interact with, and reinforce, traditional practices justify some of the most pervasive, persistent, flagrant and damaging examples of human rights abuses."
Carter is to be commended for having the daring—a sad statement in itself that it is "daring" to speak out on behalf of women—to take on the religious tyranny that has ruled this planet for too long. As he says, he is in a later stage of his life and as part of a mysterious group of "Elders" he has been selected to publicize this very enlightened view concerning women and religion. Further displaying this vital courage, Carter declares:
The justification of discrimination against women and girls on grounds of religion or tradition, as if it were prescribed by a Higher Authority, is unacceptable."
We wholeheartedly agree, and we thank Mr. Carter and the Elders for taking this sorely overdue step—let us hope that others will follow suit and that those individuals still engaging in misogyny and sexism, religiously based or otherwise, will feel ashamed of themselves.
"Holy Scriptures" themselves are sexist
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Moses Exhorting His Followers (Numbers 21)
Unfortunately, Carter's closing contention concerning the traditional establishers of the three Abrahamic religions, Christ, Paul, Moses and Muhammad, all calling for "proper and equitable treatment of all the children of God" stumbles, for, while it is diplomatic, it is certainly not true. According to the Bible, Moses was responsible for an atrocious amount of genocide, such as at Numbers 31:15-18, where, after his Israelites slaughter thousands of Midianites, Moses asks, "Have you let all the women live?" The great Jewish prophet next gives an ethnocentric reason to murder them all and then remarks:
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
What this last line means, naturally, is that the Israelite warriors get to kidnap the young virgin girls and use them as sex slaves.
In the meantime, the "Prince of Peace" Jesus Christ stated he was not here to bring peace but a sword (Mt 10:34), and made other remarks that create enmity:
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows." (Mk 13:18)
If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple." (Lk 14:26)
Paul, of course, repeatedly made derogatory remarks about women, such as:
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Cor 11:3)
Sounding very proto-Islamic Paul follows this sexist commentary with a diatribe against women's hair and an exhortation for women praying or prophesying to cover their heads. (1 Cor 11:5ff) After these comments, Paul says that men were not created for women, but women were made for men. (1 Cor 11:8).
There's more woman-dominating speech at Ephesians 5:22-24:
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands."
At 1 Timothy 2:11-15, Paul goes on a rant that women should be quiet and submissive, because Eve ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, dictating that all women—who are by their mere gender guilty by association—can redeem themselves by bearing children and being modest:
Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty."
And there's more in the "Good Book" that contradicts Carter's euphoric and hopeful interpretation, such as Paul repeatedly exhorting slaves to obey their masters, as at Titus 2:9:
Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and give satisfaction in every respect."
The pro-slavery and pro-government biblical rhetoric can also be found 1 Peter 2:13-18:
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext of evil; but live as servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
"Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing."
How can we "honor all men" and then allow some to be slaves to overbearing masters? There would seem to be (at least) two voices here, including a propagandist for the emperor.
Nor does the Koran, attributed to Muhammad, speak out against slavery—indeed, fervent followers of Islam often label themselves "slaves of Allah." While Surah 2:256 says there is "no compulsion in religion," this passage is abrogated by later ones stating:
The only true faith in God's site is Islam" (Q 3:19)
He that chooses a religion over Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will be one of the lost." (Q 3:86)
It is not for true believers men or women to take their choice in the affairs if God and His apostle decree otherwise. He that disobeys God and His apostle strays far indeed." (Q 33:36)
Unbelievers in Allah, the Koran and Muhammad are threatened with the hideous punishment of eternal hellfire, as at Surah 2:92-6:
God's curse be upon the infidels! Evil is that for which they have bartered away their souls. To deny God's own revelation [the Koran], grudging that He should reveal His bounty to whom He chooses from among His servants! They have incurred God's most inexorable wrath. An ignominious punishment awaits the unbelievers."
Demon in Islamic Hell torturing women (edited)
There exist centuries-old Islamic images of Muhammad in Hell watching a demon torture women for uncovering their hair. There is nothing "equitable" about the treatment of women as ordained in the Koran:
Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient.
Concerning a man's right to marry a woman, the Koran (4:24) remarks:
Also, [forbidden to you are] married women, except those whom you own as slaves."
If these slave women are married, there must have been husbands somewhere, and one may presume that they are no longer alive, having been murdered by those who have enslaved their wives. Equitable?
As we can see, there is a serious problem with Mr. Carter's heartfelt commentary, but we can overlook his current sunny perspective, so long as it increasingly becomes understood that the religions and their scriptures themselves are hardly devoid of sexist speech that is merely being "misinterpreted" by men in order to hold sway over women.
Indeed, contrary to Carter's conclusions, the rampant misogyny and sexism found within religion are readily traceable to the attitudes of the alleged founders of organized faiths. We need to get at the heart of the issue, which is that humans possess a strange megalomaniacal quirk causing them to think that the God of the cosmos is writing books especially for them—books full of atrocity, hatred, oppression, enslavement, terror, warfare and genocide. That's the real problem, because books serve as brainwashing propaganda—it does no good at all to talk about "erroneous interpretation" when in fact there is no other way to interpret calls to hegemony, oppression, domination, bigotry, cruelty, discrimination and violence.
What the world really needs are new and improved writings revered for their enlightened content, not for their purported supernatural origins. Championing Dark Age and Stone Age texts will never lead to an evolved and peaceful world, no matter how hard we try to find seeds of goodness in them. Instead of desperately searching for seeds in bloated bags of intellectual refuse, let us obtain fresh sacks of seeds! And then let us plant these seeds of true human enlightenment with all due haste for our future generations.
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Thank you for your insightful article. I always thought former President Carter was a kind and good man and his humanitarian efforts since leaving office prove his good nature and character.
Wow - really a great article!
Im just waiting for the usual christian comment of " you didnt do your research". I love it when she pulls out quotes from the bible.
Acharya S doesn't strike me as a silent submissive type.
Thanks for this article! I couldn't agree more!
Kathleen Perez - Miami Alternative Religions Examiner
This is another great article by D.M. Murdoc that exposes the widespread religious hypocracy and plain mental sickness that has infected the minds of millions of people for thousands of years. I would love to see a debate between D.M Murdoc and Pastor Melissa Scott. Scott is a "Biblical Scholar" that broadcasts on tv late nights. Her website is
can be seen by google search of "Pastor Melissa Scott".That would be an awesome debate!
It's easy to measure individuals' ethics against your own ideals. Have you measured them against prevailing standards at the time they purportedly lived? I agree with your rejection of subhuman treatment of others but the blame cannot be laid squarely on religion as such, unless you want to include Stalinism, Maoism as well as all other movements of social uprising that caused millions of deaths and lots of suffering as religious. The blame lies on all sides of the debate. It is a more pervasive problem of the human condition that is not directly attributable to religion. These formerly religiously sanctioned views were products of the underlying problems of ignorance, hatred and greed found everywhere. Most religions were at least earnest attempts to get beyond these "sins". What you are doing is comparable to what Jesus and Mohammad did within their own cultural environments. Join the club and see how far you get. Those you blame tried to do exactly what you are trying to do.
Excellent article!
Islam,like Christiantiy is masogynistic religion even if people like the former president of the United States says otherwise. It does'nt change the facts.
As a fundementalist,evangelical,Bible believing Christian I have to call him out on his mis-understanding on the natural role of the woman. I know he probably means well but the Bible makes it clear that a women are to be subserviant toward men. It's as plan as black and white. Read the Bible for yourself and stop listening to these government preachers. They speak with a forked tounge and nothing true is uttered from their mouths. They worship another Jesus and believe in another gospel other than the truth as established by the true savior of mankind that died on the cross at Calvary. This should be a warning to all true believers that those who add or subtract from the Bible God himself will add to their punishments and subtract from their rewards come judgement day.
God is love and he created both genders so why would'n't he want men and women to be equal? It makes perfect sense to me. Jimmy is right! Mrs. Murdoch is taking the Bible out of context. She has an agenda ot defaming Christians,God,and his son Jesus. I feel sorry for people like her because if she does'nt get right with the Lord before she dies we all know where she'll go and it won't be a very nice place either. Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to God. Accept it or reject it. It's your choice.
Congratulations! Acharya you are great. I myself support a "liberating humanism" for long on all my internet-sites on the internet-schreibtisch (search in Google) which means a virtuell internet-desk for all my activities since 1998. Also I am the founder of a religion "DEHismus". DEH - D for Big Bang and the Pre-start of the world, E for eternity, and H for infinity. Deh means in the language of the Kru and Grebo mother. The Religion begins with logical conclusions about the wholeness of women and men and the natural biology of the infant and his desire for unity of the parents. In the very -+beginning was not any "word". The "apostles" of this religion are the ideal love and parental pairs that exist in every generation of mankind.
The view from Carter made me very happy. I will recommend the text on my website.
micha vRhein
Well, she has done it again.
I have been studying Mrs Murdocks work for several years now.
And she has constantly been an inspiration to me.
I must admit that this new book really hits the mark and I think even
the most dogmatic can benefit from it although they would probably
never admit outwardly that anything makes any sense.
I also agree with you that our society is currently immersed in
darkness and ignorance and has been for thousands of years but most
importantly to us and our children right now is our current situation.
Society as whole is completely unaware of the effects and ramifictions
religion has injected into our psyches as a whole and how this plays a
part in our everyday affairs.
One example would be the I was born a sinner, I am a sinner now, and I
will always be a sinner attitude. Even though a person might not have
heard this phrase before or might not go to a church or be religious
so to speak most people carry this mindset because they
"I know he probably means well but the Bible makes it clear that a women are to be subserviant toward men."
That's really convenient for you cavemen, isn't it? You proved Acharya's point.
Toss this sexist Bible in the trash.
BRAVO Ms. Murdock, and to T. D'Angelo---can you really think anyone who advocates Hamas, (such as our erstwhile ex president) could in anyway be considered "kind and good"?... but thanks for the input
Jimmy "The Buffoon" hasn't always been so insightful.
I think back to the days of his presidency when he backed a "holy" man to oust the Shah of Iran, without first doing his homework.
The result? When Khomeini came to power, he began by eliminating all his former "enemies" (real or imagined), killing thousands while "The Buffoon" turned a blind eye, and the US lost a valuable ally, weakening our bargaining power in that part of the world. Let's not even mention the US Embassy fiasco.
He has been more trouble to the U.S. than any other president, more so since he left office, kowtowing to Middle East and South American dictators and other sponsors of terrorism.
Beware of his benign, condescending manner and pious smile.
One right doesn't make up for his many wrongs!
He is now one of America's worst meddlers!
In the unlikely event that Jimmy Carter sees this wonderful article by Ms. Murdock, he will certainly have an endorsing 'thank you'.
All religions basicalliily are failing when equauility of sexes are concernerned. They are just political means of controll over the human race. We are all slaves & not equall. I refutuated all religion maybe 40 years ago.
I'm sure that Carlos also means well, but he obviously has only read the parts of the Bible that advance his own beliefs. Has he read such edifying statements as how a man may sell his own daughter into slavery (Exodus 21:7), and that parents are to have their own children stoned to death for being "rebellious" (Deut. 21:18-21)? Has he read that, when a a group of little children teased a priest, Elisha, "God" sent bears to tear forty-two of them apart (2 Kings 2:23); of how "God" commanded his "chosen" people to murder a million men, women and little children, including babies still in the womb, according to the vile book of Joshua, and of other even worse horrors, not only commanded, but even perpetrated by "God". The record of this "God" in the Old Testament is the record of a demon that dwells in darkness (Exodus 20:21, Deut. 5:22, Psalm 97:2). This is certainly not the God of intelligent, moral and compassionate human beings. This is also plain as black and white.
Isaiah 55:8-9 (ESV) 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV) 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
It seems strange to say that God is only good if he does exactly what we want him to do.
Do people who comment here notice that when Religion is attacked with logic, the religious strike back with complete illogic in bible quotes. Carlos obviously misses the point about woman being subservient to men. Just because the bible says they should be, DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT !!
Wake up, you religious fanatics ! The last thing an atheist wants to hear is a quote from the scriptures. They are not going to suddenly roll over just because you quoted a scripture which you think applies. If they are ATHEISTS ! they are not interested in what you have to say about scriptures. GET IT?? So why waste your time putting in your four-pennyworth? The only way a Christian can convert anyone else is by example, but reading this blog and seeing how Christians react, it's no wonder that many people are leaving the church in droves. And why wouldn't they? The Bible is the most devisive book ever written. The Roman church of yesteryear had the right idea. BURN IT !!!!
oh Christina, what a child you must be. So pious and religious to the point of making others want to vomit.
Now THIS is more like it, DM! Great article doing what you do best: exposing the travesty of adhering to these enduring myths as dogma to live by today. Well done--seems like your message is slowly getting out to the mainstream. Shame that it's now the atheists in the US that are he new endangered species.
for "jake" other so called bible scholar.here is another verse of scripture which you can choke on. Pls read your bibles in context considering all aspects include to whom the epistles were sent ect ect ect.
Any anybody who condemns religion be they believer or non beliver you have my vote. Religion is and always will be the greatest enemy of The Kingdom of God the one which Jesus can to preach. Even when the Roman centurion came to CHRIST for help he was not sent away.
Galatians 3:27-29
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.(have you)
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.(are you ?)
29And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. So get out of your religious trees and get back to ground level because the real Jesus wants to come to your house.
Complete heresy! Greatly disappointed that a woman would use her intelligence to demean her Creator who blessed her with the gift of eloquence. I guarantee you that no real man, lay or religious, would ever condone the mistreatment of a woman; regardless of what may have been the will of God in Biblical times. How convenient that parts of Scripture praising women, and imploring their husbands to treat them like the precious pearls that they are, was never mentioned in your article.
Horrible article against the word of God!!!! Ignorant! A deep understanding of the scriptures would do Jimmy Carter a lot of good.
As we can all see in the comments, many people don't understand anything about the world they live in. Mrs. Murdoch is helping a lot of us to understand the true situation we live in. I thank her for her courage, insight, persistence and humanity. For the religious ones out there, I dare you to ask yourself : «What if she was right?» and see what is does to your mind...
An example of modern extremism by Muslims is the Ottoman Empire. The chief Muslim cleric, Mustafa Hayre Bey, proclaimed a jihad on 11-14-1914 which sanctioned the killing of all Christians everywhere, except in Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire which were allies. The only ones killed though, were the Armenians, Syrians, Assyrians and Greeks in Turkey (One key factor was that Armenians had long been forbidden to own weapons). See: 'THE BURNING TIGRIS, The Armenian Genocide and America's Response', Peter Balakian, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers Inc.,; and, 'Warrant for GENOCIDE, Key Elements of Turk-Armenian Conflict,' Vakahn N. Kadrian, 1999, Transaction Publishers. Of course, the western powers did very little to help, even though it was extremely well documented by press and dipomats. The strategic importance of getting Turkey as an ally over-rode all humanitarian considerations. Today, even Israel refuses to acknowledge this jihad/genocide for strategic considerations, no doubt
"Horrible article against the word of God!!!! Ignorant!"
Oh puhleeze, talk about IGNORANT. The only reason you believe this trash is the word of God is because you're brainwashed. Have you studied other religions? No, which means you're against THEIR God.
"Complete heresy! Greatly disappointed that a woman would use her intelligence to demean her Creator who blessed her with the gift of eloquence."
"Heresy?!" What century are you from?
Yeah, right. She totally shows that the Bible DEMEANS women. And she doesn't believe the baloney that the Bible has anything to do with God. More brainwashing. Greatly disappointed that some women are so blind.
These quotes weren't pulled out of her butt people they can be found in the bible.You can't "Reader's Digest" it and only read the parts you want and say it's acceptable and ignore the more heinous parts. The bible accept it or reject it...all of it or none of it. Personally as an ex catholic I got more and more disgusted with my religion's two faced approach to issues so I walked away and feel better because of it
Rejecting the word of God is nothing new. Satin has always wanted to discredit, distort, and destroy Gods word. D.M. Murdock is trying exactly the same thing by selling it wrapped in new politically correct clothing of the time.
Satin successfully discredit, distorted, and destroyed Gods word with Eve. How did God respond? He said he would put enmity between satins seed, and the seed of the woman. What, women do not have seed, so what did He mean. God was speaking of the coming of Jesus, the redeemer of sin that had entered the world though the discredeting, distroting, and distuction of His Word.
Did this spot stain? No. He tempted the very seed God spoke of when he tempted Jesus during his 40 days and nights in the wilderness. How and with what did Jesus always and without exception reply to satin temptation? Jesus respond at all times with the word of God - unchanged, unmodificed and unmolsested, and he prevalied. That is the power of the word.
God commands husbands to love their wives as their own flesh, and to give up their lives to protect their wives. God, that nasty male chauvinists!
As scriptures tell us, “this is nothing new under the sun”. Carter and Murdock miss it entirely!
D.M. Mudock is tempting you to believe you can change Gods word. In fact she is claiming “ I am the way, the truth, and the life”
Jesus warned us that many would come in his name and deceive many. Lets let Jesus, who claims to be the real way, truth, and the life show us the way and let D.M. Murdock answer to God for whey Jesus is wrong.
For quite literally, she is playing with fire.
Franco wrote: "Satin successfully discredit, distorted, and destroyed Gods word with Eve." Since when can a piece of cloth destroy God?
However, if he is talking about Satan, then we might have something to discuss. I find it odd that some Christians seem to ascribe more power to Satan than to God. The true God would be all powerful and would easily stop Satan from acting. If Satan could be successful over God, then obviously God is weak and is not the true God. To ascribe more power to Satan than to God, makes one a Satanist.
As much as I want to praise Ms. Murdoch for the article (and it's well-deserved), I want to express my appreciation for the oft-derided Jimmy Carter. Yes, he made some mistakes as President, but his conduct since leaving office has made my proud of the man - far more than ANY of the other ex-presidents COMBINED. And to Nick (below), this country & it's military/corporate/media complex are the world's worst meddlers & terrorists. Continue drinking that Kool-aid, you jingoistic war-monger.
L. Clement says......”I find it odd that some Christians seem to ascribe more power to Satan than to God. The true God would be all powerful and would easily stop Satan from acting. If Satan could be successful over God, then obviously God is weak and is not the true God.”
Dear Mr. Clement, As I clearly stated, God’s word is the very power over satin, which WAS my very point. And as I clearly outlined, Christ showed it's power by using againt satin.
I sugjest you re-read what I posted. And kindly do not put your false words into my mouth. I will spew them out everytime.
My life has been a mass of contradictions partly because my childhood was saturated with the Christian religion which, also, is a mass of contradictions, as demonstrated by scholar D.M. Murdock-Acharya_s. The harm that's been done to me and the world by Chrisianity and other religions can't be unraveled by me, but thanks to her publications and commentaries, I can now skillfully and truthfully pinpoint significant elements of Christianity as the cause of those problems.
I attended Catholic Mass six days per week every week during my 5th,6th,7th, and 8th grades. Near the end of every Mass, as part of the Mass, was a procedure that required us to tap our clenched fists three time against our chests. And with each tap we all said,"Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." In 5th grade at the age of eleven I couldn't understand why, and still today, I can't understand why it's mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." To Acharya I'll say,"Gratias tibi ago." ("Thank you that you are.")
Doubtless formalized religion causes division within the human family. Equally various "isms," including communism, fascism and capitalism cause division. These are all exclusive of any outside the club. Misogyny is also culpable as it effectively denies the validity of approximately half the population. Most religions refer to the divine as "he" not "it." This reference is convenient we are told for the lack of a suitable asexual subjective pronoun. However "he's" usage is universal for subjective descriptions of both woman and men. Why?
The problem, beside not having an appropriate word, is that the conservatives amongst us take this reference to "he" as justification for raising "he" over "she" in both the religious and secular worlds. I for one love the differences and nuances of the two sexes, these being complimentary rather than superior and inferior. Another "ism" holds some hope - "humanism." Perhaps read the UN Human Rights Declaration for guidance on a way forwar
Thank you for this article and for all of your work and your fearlessness in bringing out to light. It is so appreciated!
Men run the world and want to keep it that way. They hire men not capable of manual labor to write out some fantasy story of lies to keep the women in line. They know about movements of the sun, moon, and stars, knowledge stolen long ago from female astrologers. They turn this knowledge into a mystery religion called Christianity. "there's nothing new under the sun" should tip you off were these blood and guts warrior religions came from. They all worshiped the SUN. The Sun heals, it will also fry your ass if you are bad and stay out in it to long. Don't look at your god, the sun, he will blind you. But a sunset you can see the SON walking on the water as a flickering reflection. The Sun sleeps during stormy seas, the boat rocks, we all are afraid. Fear not, the Sun awakes, commands the storm to end. The clouds dissipate, and the Son brings calm waters. The Sun is truly a wonder and is eternal, giving of herself as a mother to her children. Look up, your salvation is at hand!
carter needs to shut his peanut ass. he is a murderer who sold indonesia the weapons to murder almost the whole people of east timor.next day after selling weapons they invaded.and then he was also under zionist influence from day one. and aint it soemthing these brzinski and kissenger rodents are still in advisory positions in presidential cabinets.here is a truth,you could pick people at random put em in government and it could not be any worse.congress,courts and prez are all traitors to the american people except for cyntia mckinney and one or two others.and if you aint one then resign now.do not vote,do not submit to vaccinations or gun confiscation,do noy go to work,buy gasoline,a one month period of total inaction by us combined with a fast and cleansing of ourselves will bring this system down.we all need to be as one act as one and it be fun and they are done.
In spite of the latest appeals and actions of Jimmy Carter, he is a player (half-witting at the very least). The guy wouldn't his head from a hole in the ground. He was well know for being a compulsive liar and exagerrator.
However, the message is one we can take seriously for ourselves in spite of what ever Jimmy Carter is up to now. Never needed him to preach about the treatment of women ever. Coming from you, the thinking man in the street, divorced from religous indoctrination and not having been 'President' means far more to me, than some has-been celebrity of very dubious worth. NO, I don't think he has changed. Just putting up a show for attention.
I agree with him. I support his campaign :-)
Modern feminism and the so called "equal rigths" is a deception. It does not free women but rather makes them into men. What women really need, is that society acknoledges and recognizes womenhood and the importance of it. Not women abandoning childbirth and going to have a career, but being honored because of their special role.
Jimmy Carter? A voice for women? I hardly think so.
"I've looked on many women with lust. I've commited adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."
JIMMY CARTER, Playboy magazine, 1976
I feel sorry for each and every one of us who finds themselves still enslaved by a form of mind control.
I had the common sense to question why it was perfectly acceptable for "King" Solomen to have 3,000 concubines and wives whilst it was an unredeemable sin for a woman to prostitute herself? Hmmmmmm.......seems like someone (with a penis) was making up all the rules.
How convenient.
I am sorry, but I have to laugh at the idiocy of this cult mindset. Religion is a farce and would make for an hysterical tragic comedy.....if it were not for all the infanticide, genocide, incest and women hating goin on this bigoted tome.
Time to grow up.
It just has to be true that people like Cathy don't actually read the Bible--or their brains have built-in washing mechanisms for all the horrible crap that's in there.
Are we evolving out of this credulous state of mind? I hope so, because that is the only answer. Keep up the evolutionary pressure, Acharya. Great work!
Franco wrote:
"As I clearly stated, God’s word is the very power over satin, which WAS my very point. And as I clearly outlined, Christ showed it's power by using againt satin."
So you really were talking about satin and not Satan? My mistake. So what does God have against a piece of cloth? Why would Christ use power against a piece of cloth?
As I read through the commentary, it underscores one inconvenient truth: the "Bible" is full of inconsistencies and misinformation. One can build a case for almost any atrocity, or any good deed, by quoting scripture. When I read in II Chronicles 4:2, for example, that a 10-cubit diameter "molten pool" is 30-cubits round, I must ask, wouldn't "God" know the actual value of PI (which even in ancient times was known by mathematicians to be closer to 3-7/22 than "3")? The Bible, it appears, was written by oh-so-fallable humans, not by "God" - and saying that "God" wrote it is disingenous sacriledge at best, and mere political propaganda, more likely. The apologists have their flimsy rationalizations, of course, but for rationalists, these are just so much fantasy.
I firmly believe that the "Good Book" in all it's versions especially the oldest parts have Lucifer as God. The I am that I am, but don't ask me my name.
The wrtings are a litany of murder, genocide, abuse of human rights, child abuse and abuse of power in all it's terrible forms.
Read Genisis, Exhodous, Leviticus, Duteronomy and Numbers and show me a loving caring God.
There is only a mad male hateful god, constantly exhorting "his" followers to all the above "terrorist" actions.
Only power mad men could have produced these chapters to control people especially women and women's sexuality.
Control through fear.
Any God who "needs or wants" is no god.
Does anyone really believe that if women had primacy this would be a better world?That they would not be abusers themselves?That within them there is a purity that men lack?
You might want to study up on the Godesses of the past.
The New Godess?She shakes some pretty stout chains herself.
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