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From: phs265y@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
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Subject: Re: Newspaper Article
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Date: 23 Oct 90 15:56:42 GMT
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In article <1990Oct18.003900.28134@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, morphy@truebalt.cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy) writes:
> phs265y@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
 
>>Well, I am afraid that I totally disagree with this.  I find the teachings
>>of Jesus and the tenets of feminism (and socialism for that matter) 
>>absolutely compatible.
 
> You're missing the point. A *male* god sent down a *male* to redeem
> us.  That's a significant sign of androcentrism.

I don't think you have understood my point of view.

I agree with you in that I think that most of what is associated with the
Judaeo-Christian-Islamic tradition; the intolerance, the oppression, the
hierarchy, the gender bias, the sexism, is disgusting. However, buried
under all the crap is a principle of equality.  Now let me sincerely
apologize for the fact that a person with male genitals expounded this view
but if it makes you feel any better I'm sure that there were many women
both before and after Jesus who also held a similar world view.  A male
dominated world would not place a women at the centre of an organized
religion.

A principle of equality means, I believe, fighting against oppression,
against gender bias, against sexism, against racism, against capitalism.
If we have to throw out religious rituals and write a new bible to achieve
this, then it's fine by me.

       T. Hartin