(Since Eve ate that apple.) Do you think there is a correlation between the new and old Goddess and Earth traditions that chose to empower woman. I believe they are gaining in popularity. Do we not create life also? Smug answers expected honest answers appreciated!
2007-08-09 06:05:06 · 14 answers · asked by Fae 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a pagan woman and I dont consider it an organized religion
2007-08-09 06:20:55 · update #1
A sad state of affairs.
Outside of organised religion things do seem to be improving. What does that tell you?
Male atheist/agnostic
2007-08-09 06:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know of any, but I am leaving my options open by learning different philosophies, as far as Christian, woman are 2nd class citizens, but in the pagan religions women have always held an equal and powerful role, the puritan movement did much to suppress women, and the witch trials were evil and a mockery because most of the women that died, were not witches but independent thinkers.
2007-08-09 14:39:35 · answer #2 · answered by Carpathian Mage 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well devalue is not what religions do. Men have their place and women have theirs, you can't expect that just your idea of what a woman is or isn't supposed to do or not do is right.
Women have always been empowered, and many Christian, stay at home moms, will tell you that. As will women in other religions.
Btw, women do not create life, they get a little help, I think.
Also, for you, you should not belong to any religion, but why expect that every other woman agrees with that?
2007-08-09 13:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
That's right, which is why I much prefer disorganized spiritual philosophies instead. (Pagan Taoist)
I honestly for the life of me can't comprehend women who think it's right for them to be submissive little helpmeets. They must believe they have no worth, that they are not whole actual real people the equal of men.
Yet spirituality appeals to women, and I agree I think that's why things like paganism are becoming more popular. They are much less dysfunctional.
2007-08-09 13:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that people are rediscovering the Divine Feminine, however, unlike many others, I find that there is a great deal of respect for women in the "older" branches of Christianity that still revere Mary as "Theotokos" (Mother of God) -- of course some of the more modern branches would say that is Pagan.....
2007-08-09 13:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hinduism worships God in the feminine form as the Universal Mother.
2007-08-09 13:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by A.V.R. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amaterasu Omikami is the chief diety in Shintoism. Nobody messes with her!
2007-08-09 18:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by beztvarny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unitarian Universalism seems to be all about equality... and they consider themselves a religion.
2007-08-09 13:10:22 · answer #8 · answered by Moodrets 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only Budhaist saying all creatures are equally not only woman.
2007-08-09 13:09:37 · answer #9 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can its called Paganism
2007-08-09 13:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by Indiana Raven 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋