A quote from the Vatican.

The invention of the washing machine has done more to advance the cause of women than voting or the pill. -Heard that on the radio yesterday.

As women cant become priests they are not allowed to vote on the cardinals choice of pope and as they dont believe in contraceptives..they would say that..

Yes xris. They would say that. :perplexed:

Why does my statement perplex you, can you explain..:perplexed:

I agree, Holiday, and I haven't a clue why that cardinal 'law' hasn't been corrected yet.

Corrected? What is wrong with the law? It's a private organization it can have its own laws. If i decided to become a neo-nazi, the no jews allowed rule would not be incorrect, It may be morally reprehensible, but not incorrect.

The other thing I wonder is why people are so keen on trying to denounce the catholic church. Oh they are evil for having long held opinions couched in history and circumstance. Let's change them! At what point does this become hypocrisy? At what point do we become as maliciously discriminatory as them?

Corrected? What is wrong with the law? It's a private organization it can have its own laws. If i decided to become a neo-nazi, the no jews allowed rule would not be incorrect, It may be morally reprehensible, but not incorrect.

The other thing I wonder is why people are so keen on trying to denounce the catholic church. Oh they are evil for having long held opinions couched in history and circumstance. Let's change them! At what point does this become hypocrisy? At what point do we become as maliciously discriminatory as them?

Well, Gosh, it's for two reasons:

I'd think we would have grown out of discrimination of females by now, no?

I can think of hardly any religion that has not thought of women as being inferior to men. Maybe Wiccan. Naw, the discrimination is still present. Shoot, August 18, 1920 wasn't all that long ago relatively speaking. I guess I harp on this a lot. Maybe because I had five sisters and three daughters. Guess I'm a little partial.

Well, Gosh, it's for two reasons:

1.) Catholicism is a worldwide religion, a religion that has influence over much of the known world (I believe 1/3 of the world's population is Christian, and there are many Catholics within this figure. If you'd like an exact figure, I'll do the research). Catholicism isn't just a 'club': it has, and has had, power over land and people for centuries. Thus, it's not that private, and if it's not that private, I personally don't feel the higher council should only be limited to males. Should our higher councils in government be limited to males, too?

2.) In Christian scriptures, I believe Jesus advocates equality and love. For a higher council of this religion to be exclusive to males seems a bit contradictory to this, and, well... old. Old in terms of the ways society used to view different races and genders. I'd think we would have grown out of discrimination of females by now, no?

Yes, things can be 'evil' for being "couched in history and circumstance". To deny that possibility seems silly -- I can cite you countless examples, if you'd like. The fact that this higher council religious council is still sexist screams wonders about how Christianity in general is still being misinterpreted, and I'd argue, abused.

All of this is just my opinion.

Hmmmm Catholicism is Big yeah the Pope might be the most powerful person on the planet. Still its size has very litte to do with its right as a private organization (not a government organization or a government sponsored entity with the power to make laws for its people) to determine the laws within its own bailiwick of direct influence. To say that catholicism has to change because its big destroys any chance of small "club sized" religions to maintain their own internal integrity. Stepping on the rights of the BIG boys is tantamount to total extermination of the little kids. The big influence of the Catholic church also has no bearing on its status as a private organization, If one is going to call discrimination on sex by discriminating against belief, how does that fix the intitial equality problem.

As far as bilblical scholarlyness goes, I'm not one, yet I don't recall anywhere where Jesus talks about sex equality, maybe if he was all about sex equality he would have had a female in the 12 apostles. There were plenty of parables about class and ethnic equality, but I don't remeber one about sex equality.

I believe, I was trying to say that being couched in history and circumstance was why Catholicism has much of its current doctrine and dogma. It wasn't an apology for its doctrine just an explanation. To clarify, I think it was a silly thing for the Pope to say, both politically and socially and I don't agree with it, Yet he has the right to say it, which is my whole point.

As far as bilblical scholarlyness goes, I'm not one, yet I don't recall anywhere where Jesus talks about sex equality, maybe if he was all about sex equality he would have had a female in the 12 apostles. There were plenty of parables about class and ethnic equality, but I don't remeber one about sex equality.

I believe, I was trying to say that being couched in history and circumstance was why Catholicism has much of its current doctrine and dogma. It wasn't an apology for its doctrine just an explanation. To clarify, I think it was a silly thing for the Pope to say, both politically and socially and I don't agree with it, Yet he has the right to say it, which is my whole point.

I think much of it is interpretation. Having gone to Christian school for 6 years, my interpretation was that he discriminated against no human. Perhaps I was wrong, and I'm sure DT can clarify.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" that teaching does not mean only men.

In the canon, it's hard to find much. Mary Magdalen was a prominent figure, but not, apparently, an apostle.

If we look at non-canonical scripture, then we find some interesting teaching attributed to Jesus; basically, Jesus says to get past these misogynistic male and female distinctions because the sexes are equally capable of love and knowing God.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" that teaching does not mean only men.

In the canon, it's hard to find much. Mary Magdalen was a prominent figure, but not, apparently, an apostle.

If we look at non-canonical scripture, then we find some interesting teaching attributed to Jesus; basically, Jesus says to get past these misogynistic male and female distinctions because the sexes are equally capable of love and knowing God.

We are not criticising the teachings of Christ but the RC church, there is a distinct difference..