Random bits of ugh
Apr. 6th, 2004 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaArrrrgh
Arrrgh again
No, seriously, Arrrrgh
No, He appears to reserve that particular honor solely for fathers. Women aren't important enough to need their faith tested like that, ne?
Given how many times the pagan religions have been accused of child sacrifice and the like, it seems to be terribly easy to ignore that not only did the father-figure to all three major monotheistic religions have to lay his son on the altar at his god's command, but in the largest one of them, that same god in turn sacrifices his own son for reasons that are murky at best. At least Odin and Inanna sacrifice themselves. I wonder if a certain part of the reasoning behind fathers so glibly sending their sons off to war is this same father-sacrificing-the-son-for-a-greater-purpose meme.
Amen, Mama! That's my other big gripe - somehow, prayer and faith are supposed to be enough all by themselves. There's no need for a sheep to change the world; it would be presumptuous - they haven't the power to do that, only their god does. At least the Catholic church and some of the less fatalistic Protestant churches manage to not fall into this one. I'd rather manifest the Great Mother and do.
Here's a litmus test: If your god, no matter who they are or claim to be, ever tells you to kill your child/friend/neighbor/spouse/pretty much anybody who isn't currently hurting you or your loved ones, then that god is not worth serving. Period. If this is a test, it's a test of your moral courage to say "no," not a test of your faith to say "yes." Everybody got that now?
Happy Pesach. :/
Arrrgh again
No, seriously, Arrrrgh
"If there are other isolated, depressed women out there secretly asking themselves that particular question, let us be loud and clear about the answer: God does not order mothers to murder their children."
No, He appears to reserve that particular honor solely for fathers. Women aren't important enough to need their faith tested like that, ne?
Given how many times the pagan religions have been accused of child sacrifice and the like, it seems to be terribly easy to ignore that not only did the father-figure to all three major monotheistic religions have to lay his son on the altar at his god's command, but in the largest one of them, that same god in turn sacrifices his own son for reasons that are murky at best. At least Odin and Inanna sacrifice themselves. I wonder if a certain part of the reasoning behind fathers so glibly sending their sons off to war is this same father-sacrificing-the-son-for-a-greater-purpose meme.
"One day my daughter was crying from hunger and I ignored her because I was deep in prayer. My mother shook me by the shoulders and said, "Stop that. Go feed your daughter. That's your prayer right now."
Amen, Mama! That's my other big gripe - somehow, prayer and faith are supposed to be enough all by themselves. There's no need for a sheep to change the world; it would be presumptuous - they haven't the power to do that, only their god does. At least the Catholic church and some of the less fatalistic Protestant churches manage to not fall into this one. I'd rather manifest the Great Mother and do.
Here's a litmus test: If your god, no matter who they are or claim to be, ever tells you to kill your child/friend/neighbor/spouse/pretty much anybody who isn't currently hurting you or your loved ones, then that god is not worth serving. Period. If this is a test, it's a test of your moral courage to say "no," not a test of your faith to say "yes." Everybody got that now?
Happy Pesach. :/
