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Originally posted by Munchkin03
I wasn't raised in any religion. We celebrate Christmas, but who doesn't?
The inordinate amount of suffering some peoples have received for millennia has basically sealed my belief that there is no benevolent Creator. Not to mention, woman has gotten a pretty ishtty deal in Christianity.
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Evil and suffering are not of God. Once again, theological issues are so hard to discuss on the computer.
As an Orthodox Christian, my view of women in Christianity might be different from others. I've never had a "persecution complex" or felt like a woman was a second-class citizen since the role that women played in Christianity is always mentioned. Women were the 1st to see the empty tomb and tell the disciples; female saints are honored; and, most importantly, through a woman was salvation brought to the world.
Tom, just so you know, the Orthodox Church is "Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic."