A Man Is Accepted Into A Church For What He Believes ...

[ItsjustMe]

[tblue37]

1. K&R & thanks. nt

[niyad]

2. Exactly.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. I was talking with some folks in my local Athiest group

And came to the realization that being against abortions, wanting every fertilized egg or zygote to be incubated to birth is based solely on religion.

There is no scientific evidence, no provable fact, that using modern medicine, pills or a facility to intentionally end a pregnancy will create or cause any problems. Yeah, it's a decision a woman has to make sometimes. But a decision that really only affects the woman and her family. There is no intrinsic value to forcing women to incubate every zygote to birth.

It's just the ignorance of certain religions being forced onto nonbelievers and codified into law.

Just another atrocity we can lay at the feet of religion.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. All this AND it is useful as a political tool to sway the ignorant

willful or otherwise.

[TygrBright]

8. I suspect that even without religion, misogyny would find a way.

It's about controlling women, and protecting male privilege. Religion is one of the great tools for that, but without religion, there'd be some other bullshit reason advanced to achieve the same end.

wearily,
Bright

[Farmer-Rick]

10. You're probably right

I was watching this talk by David Graeber. He's a University professor out of Birmingham.

He basically explains how agriculture got its start off the slave labor of women. In fact, in certain ancient societies slave was a word only used for women. To have a male slave was considered impossible. That's why multiple wives were considered a good thing.....more slave labor.

[flying rabbit]

4. K&R. nt

[Diamond_Dog]

5. I love the one with the woman holding the sign

👍👍👍

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Me too, Diamond_Dog. ❤

[Warpy]

13. It's why there's a Sheela na Gig in so many mediaeval cathedrals and castles

She's there to remind men (and male gods) where they all came from.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[tiredtoo]

9. like all of them

Trying to decide which to copy and paste. it's between the woman with the sign and the one about which religion is most peaceful.

[EarnestPutz]

11. I've got to believe that the Dalai Lama would like the image of the "frog in repose".

As would, no doubt, Mark Twain.

[Wounded Bear]

12. K & R...nt

[mountain grammy]

14. Love my little atheist pig

and the rest. Thank you

[old as dirt]

15. Eliminate religion or rape?

[old as dirt]

16. Actually, religion is a part of culture.

It's a part of one's identity.