Organized religion has always been and remains the greatest threat to the rights of women. Here in the Christian dominated west two bible verses particularly show the position of women:
To the woman he said, ‘I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.’
And:
Let a woman learn in silence with full submission. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; 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.
It was with these verses that justified many laws and customs that stripped women of their humanity. These verses justify the ongoing war to strip of us what humanity we have recovered. One verse alone, “You shall not permit a female sorcerer to liveâ€Â, is accountable for the deaths of thousands, if not millions, of women.
Christianity has fought the advancement of women in all matters. It opposed women speaking in public, the use of anesthesia during birth, the right of our own property, our children and the right to have a voice in our own government amongst other things. Taken all together, Christianity has opposed anything that would recognize women as anything but the property of our male relatives.
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