religion is about the male ego and keeping their women in their control

take a trip to muslim land and watch this play out every day

I have a friend that has a daughter that married a muslim over here then he got her to move to his muslim land and they had a child now he wont move back to the states.

she is trapped. she moves back but without her kid.

she walked right into that one.

no one could tell her not to do this with a muslim but she was in love.

now she is stuck in muslim land of the male egos gone wild with control

look close at religion and you will find the male ego wanting control of their woman. she is property to them.

even the folks that wrote the bible let their male ego show through

god is good all the time as long as the women are subservient all the time

southern baptist there is something to behold they love their wars and guns and self righteousness.

they dont have a clue who this guy jesus taught.

I never met one that knew the history of the catholic church which their beliefs are based upon.

they are as close to muslim land as any church in america.

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Saying that religion can be the foundation for gender equality is like saying that Nazism can be the foundation for racial equality.  Ridiculous.

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“Saying that religion can be the foundation for gender equality is like saying that Nazism can be the foundation for racial equality. “

Well said.

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Perhaps I read a different speech by Carter then others, but it clearly took the religious mistreatment of women to task. Just because he referenced Galatians in his speech as an exhortation for equal treatment, does not warrant this speech going into the Hall of Shame.

I read the speech and he clearly confronted the mystical underpinnings of the wholesale abuse and mistreatment of women.

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Jimmy Carter’s critique is correct, he just left out the solution, that all females should ditch religion.

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“Hall of Shame” articles are supposed to be examples of otherwise sensible, intelligent, and secular people pandering to religion.  So maybe TJ Hanlon is correct in saying that this article doesn’t belong here, since Jimmy Carter is a religious person defending religion.  I think it was included here because it’s an attempt to make excuses for religion’s role in oppressing women instead of simply recognizing the truth, which is that religion has 99% of the time been a tool for oppressing women, either through its ideology or its institutions.

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Jimmy Carter is correct, because can be the basis for almost anything.  And it has bee, with a track record of murder, molestation, ignorance and magnanimous charity.  Better to pick a basis that’s less ficle, like the modest achievements of reason and human solidarity.

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I don’t care for either the Religious Right or the Religious Left.  Jimmy Carter is just spindoctoring.  I’ve read the Bible multiple times.  I went to Bob Jones University and took several Bible classes.  There’s no doubt about it.  The Bible is very sexist.  Jimmy Carter should just face that fact.

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I like Carter (except for that 55MPH limit), but he has a childish naiveté.  The whole point of xianity is to NOT be equal with others.

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I suppose carter thinks he and others will be more successful if they try to change the religious dominants from ‘going against the teachings of their own holy men” rather than pounding on religion as an unethical construct as a whole.  As any wise person would, he keeps his eye on the target, and that is equality for women.  It seems easier to achieve this sugically rather than trying to tear down all of theism in hopes of the same result.  I doubt very much that carter is a believer, but he knows to play to his audience as any good politican would. There is something to be said for taking things a step at a time.  That’s how we get there, typically.

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As someone stated above, Jimmy Carter is childish and naive. Those traits helped lead the country into disaster after disaster when he was in political office.  He is no more astute now than he was 30 years ago. How can we still be wasting our time on the inane comments of someone so sad and pitiful.

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It seems odd that someone trying to convince religious believers that sexual discrimination is immoral and not a part of their religion, but a historical circumstance which has been abolished by brighter minds, appears on a “wall of shame.”

You’d think “The Reason Project” would want to encourage religious moderates, but I guess anyone who believes in any sort of “superstition” deserves to be denounced by this congregation, regardless of their moral standing.

So much for eroding “the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.”

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