tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post1876581173382440845..comments2024-03-27T05:50:16.659+00:00Comments on We Mixed Our Drinks: Equality not superiorityHannah Mudgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367085612049349757noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-68870780550967926162010-09-15T17:43:04.458+01:002010-09-15T17:43:04.458+01:00Tamsin, thank you so much :) I think it really is ...Tamsin, thank you so much :) I think it really is important that we emphasise the radical aspect of Jesus's teachings because for so many people, Christianity means bigoted, unpleasant people who just want to judge. Obviously this needs to change!<br /><br />RedHead, yes it was definitely the 'easy way out' and pretty immature. It's always infuriating, particularly coming from people who probably pride themselves on being so liberal and enlightened :S<br /><br />Totally agree Sian, I'm glad that at least some atheists are able to respect the fact that people might have religious beliefs and that shockingly enough, they're not stupid for having these beliefs. <br /><br />Christina, that seems to happen a lot when feminism is discussed! I've had it happen to me a lot with discussions about religion and feminism. Critics: 'Being a feminist is un-Biblical. If you're a feminist you're not following God's word and therefore you're not being a proper Christian'. Me: 'That wasn't what this was about'. Critics: 'If you say you are a feminisat you go against the word of God. How can you do this?!?!' etc etc etc. SIGH.Hannah Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367085612049349757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-63020421518634807082010-09-14T21:11:38.158+01:002010-09-14T21:11:38.158+01:00Great post!
It always infuriates me when I see a ...Great post!<br /><br />It always infuriates me when I see a discussion, potentially a very fruitful discussion, commandeered by a handful of selfish commenters. <br /><br />I've been on the receiving end of it-- my post was co-opted by a couple of men who wanted me to justify my feminism instead of writing respectfully about the specific topic-- and it got to the point where all I could do was sputter at the computer screen and turn off the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-12803555399598757172010-09-13T13:33:44.091+01:002010-09-13T13:33:44.091+01:00great post. you know me, i'm an atheist for my...great post. you know me, i'm an atheist for my own reasons but i was really hoping that debate would be about how you can have faith and be a feminist (of course you can!) and how we can see acts done in the name of religion do not reflect the teachings or heart of that religion. i want to hear views of religious feminists, just as i want to hear views of atheist feminists, because we are all working together to make the world better for women and men. it's fascinating to me how religion has been twisted by interpretation to be harmful or repressive of women, and i want to hear what women are doing (as the woman on the tv show) to combat this. particularly in light of the pope's move to stop women being ordained. i have always understood jesus to have been pro woman. <br /><br />it was also personally annoying because i really disagree with one of the commenter's views on animal rights but i would NEVER dismiss or write off her views in the way she wrote of religious feminist views. <br /><br />it should have been a good and interesting debate. instead it silenced women and meant even atheist women such as me had to get tied in to semantic knots to say why we should respect each other.sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-17070283558961206742010-09-13T11:11:57.474+01:002010-09-13T11:11:57.474+01:00I don't understand this need by bored athiests...I don't understand this need by bored athiests to mock people who have a little faith. That comment about whether Jesus existed or not was a cheap, irrelevant shot and completely devalued the whole discussion. It's like when you have an argument with your brother about who plays X character in X film and he responds with 'well, yeah, but you smell, so....' It doesn't make us, the ones who choose to believe, look stupid, it makes them look stupid for not being mature and intelligent enough to try and engage us in intelligent discussion, taking the easy way out by mocking. Oh it infuriates me, and I'm not even that devout.The Social Mediatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697263069260335700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-24832788658335621202010-09-12T20:34:50.650+01:002010-09-12T20:34:50.650+01:00Great post. Thanks Hannah.Great post. Thanks Hannah.DaveWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822407495120319380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-47895315040620347822010-09-12T11:58:50.318+01:002010-09-12T11:58:50.318+01:00Honestly Hannah, I think finding you has been such...Honestly Hannah, I think finding you has been such an important thing in my life. You're such a huge inspiration and everytime I read your posts I think YES!<br />Although I've drifted pretty far from organised religion in the last 6 or 7 years, I still call myself a Christian and one of the most important aspects of this, to me, is the radical aspect of Jesus' teachings. It gives me hope when I feel like there isn't any left in the world and that I can't cope with all the hate, racism, sexism, ageism and everything else. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com