Reply #169: It seems that the more religion influences a culture, the more women are oppressed & abused... [View All]

[AnArmyVeteran]

Even in the US a lot of churches treat their women as subservient to men. Women are not entitled to the same rights in their churches as men, like the Mormon church not allowing women to be members of the priesthood. And the more fundamentalist a religion is the more oppressive of women they are.

I hope some day religion will become an ancient concept much like we look at other ancient rituals performed by early, primitive man. I love John Lennon's song "Imagine" where he says '...and no religion too'. Note: A bit off topic, but on the 10th anniversary of Lennon's death, Pat Robertson used a flip chart to go over every line of Lennon's song "Imagine" condemning everything in it. He said it was the work of the devil and said it was communism, socialism, etc... Perhaps Robertson should have also listened to Lennon's son "Beautiful Boy" in his last album where he sings about a father's love for his son. You would think Robertson would at least know that the Bible he says he is so fond of also tells the story about another 'father's love for his 'son'. But Robertson is mired in evil. It masks everything in his life. I feel sorry for those who he victimizes with his religion of hate...