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Christian Patriarchy Movement Shackles Daughters to Fathers, Homes

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)11/30/2010 4:48:36 pm PST

re: #65 LudwigVanQuixote

No, he hasn’t. You’re misreading him. It is very clear, from the ancient text, that there are misogynistic aspects in there, and other unsavory things. Far, far, far, far, far less than other religions and cultures at the time, far less than many religions and cultures have now, and in practice this may have been even further mitigated. But you can’t simply say that because the burden of proof was so high that it was ‘moot’— that would be to say that the text itself has no meaning.

If it is really your opinion that the Torah contains no verses that are in any way misogynistic, that it was all obviated at the time by the oral tradition, and there was equality even then, then I don’t really know what to say. I’ve never met anyone who believed that before.