After the decision by the Supreme Court (consisting mostly of male Catholics) the other day I have lost all patience with people who cling to Bronze Age mythologies in the 21st century; they are no more to be respected than adults who insist on believing in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy.
The fundamentalists of the Abrahamic religions basically just want to control women, to have us be nothing but baby makers, keeping us ignorant (the Saudis have passed a law denying women access to libraries) and subject to men. This may have been acceptable centuries ago but not now in the 21st century. It is time to put away childish things and grow up before something like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale becomes reality.
Ever wonder why I continually to use the phrase "put away childish things"? It's actually from the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (King James version). For once the Bible has it correct. Let's do it (women too).
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