12-06-2008, 06:44 PM
"Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex." Karl Marx
Indeed.
Got to agree with Swampy on this one, regardless of the source or the underlying motivation - the treatment of women in fundamentalist Islamic countries is criminal. Maybe if we take a hard look at the role of women in this monotheistic religion that shares so much with Christianity we will see how far we still have to go as a "Christian Nation". Better yet, the real lesson here is the danger of mixing faith and law, substituting dogma for reason. I never want to live under the rule of Theocracy, whatever guise its hiding behind.
Indeed.
Got to agree with Swampy on this one, regardless of the source or the underlying motivation - the treatment of women in fundamentalist Islamic countries is criminal. Maybe if we take a hard look at the role of women in this monotheistic religion that shares so much with Christianity we will see how far we still have to go as a "Christian Nation". Better yet, the real lesson here is the danger of mixing faith and law, substituting dogma for reason. I never want to live under the rule of Theocracy, whatever guise its hiding behind.