tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post112257320348810173..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: History QUIZAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122854893629579342005-07-31T18:08:00.000-06:002005-07-31T18:08:00.000-06:00Athana - I respectfully disagree with much of what...Athana - I respectfully disagree with much of what you say in response to my comment, and I appreciate the discussion. It's one thing to argue that Islam, like other monotheistic, "Father-God" religions, is intrinsically and irrevocably harmful. (I wouldn't argue that, but I think that's what you're arguing. Am I right?) It's another thing to perpetuate the fallacy that some Muslims are bad Inannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122687702001045362005-07-29T19:41:00.000-06:002005-07-29T19:41:00.000-06:00Amen, Morgaine!Amen, Morgaine!Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122686663467369032005-07-29T19:24:00.000-06:002005-07-29T19:24:00.000-06:00The very advent of patriarchy was violent, and it ...The very advent of patriarchy was violent, and it values violence above all else. Look at our defense budget some time. 96 cents out of every tax dollar goes to the military-industrial complex. Only a fraction of a penny goes to anything that might benefit a woman and her children. <BR/><BR/>Yahweh is an angry, violent deity. They had a chance to outgrow that in the teachings of Jesus (whether heMorgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122645983006600612005-07-29T08:06:00.000-06:002005-07-29T08:06:00.000-06:00Inanna, you are absolutely right on one count: It...Inanna, you are absolutely right on one count: It would be overwhelmingly silly to respond to most anyone the way I did Doris. Not to mention a miserable display of manners. However, I gave up long ago trying to convert Doris -- and she me. During the time Doris and I were still trying to convert each other, though, maybe 300 or more emails flew back and forth between us like two frenzied Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122608530480757392005-07-28T21:42:00.000-06:002005-07-28T21:42:00.000-06:00Ugh, I truly hate this stuff... This is all cycli...Ugh, I truly hate this stuff... This is all cyclical, Judaism based most of it's holy days and such on it's ancient genocide, Christianity from Constantine to the Crusades, and Islam is now "coming of age." <BR/><BR/>Yes, I am being sarcastic and irreverent. I wonder how many centuries before us Goddess worshippers get so frustrated with "patriarchy" that we become obsessive psuedo-Athena/Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163967166258948396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1122607261950122772005-07-28T21:21:00.000-06:002005-07-28T21:21:00.000-06:00A truly offensive "quiz"! However, I doubt your re...A truly offensive "quiz"! However, I doubt your response will help Doris rethink her prejudices. Indeed, you <I>reinforce</I> her prejudices against Muslims and add that Christians like her are "just as bad." Why not instead say how offended you are by the "quiz," and that you don't want her sending you any more prejudiced email messages against Muslims or any other group? Why not say that as a Inannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.com