Religion Often Is Misused For Purely Power-political

Everyone Agrees The Celibacy Rule Is Just A Church Law Dating From The 11th Century, Not A Divine Command.

If You Cannot See That Divinity Includes Male And Female Characteristics And At The Same Time Transcends Them, You Have Bad Consequences. Rome And Cardinal O'connor Base The Exclusion Of Women Priests On The Idea That God Is The Father And Jesus Is His Son, There Were Only Male Disciples, Etc. They Are Defending A Patriarchal Church With A Patriarchal God. We Must Fight The Patriarchal Misunderstanding Of God.

However, If The Religions In Essence Merely Repeat Statements From The United Nations Human Rights Declaration, Such A Declaration Becomes Superfluous; An Ethic Is More Than Rights.

I Don't Cling To Earthly Life Because I Believe In Eternal Life. That's The Big Distinction Between My Point Of View And A Purely Secular Position.

We Should Think About Whether Canonizations, Which Are An Invention Of The Middle Ages, Still Make Sense Today.