I read the comments at the article continuation. Some were intelligent. Once person complained about authoritarian type religion and said it was only a few thousand years old. I am currently reading a book written in 1988, called The Chalice & The Blade: Our History, Our Future, by Riane Eisler. I have only read a little bit and the chapter descriptions, but it seems to describe the difference between Partnership culture and Dominator culture. It goes back to Paleolithic and Neolitic culture which seemed to be oriented toward “The Goddess” and then proceeds to describe the warlike nomadic cultures which introduced “The Gods” and especially through the Abrahamic religions subjugated women almost totally. As I say, I have only begun to read it but it seems to cover a lot of interesting territory, some of which I was not aware of, like the Kurgan invasions of central Europe from the Russian steppes around 4300/4200 BC and 3000/2800 BC. This was apparently a major period of imposition of the God religion. I remember seeing an article many years ago in National Geographic describing the excavation of a 50 foot high village mound in the Danube area. The pottery from 5 or 6,000 BC was light and bright and whimsical. Later pottery from around 3000 BC was very well formed, but dull and drab in color. At the time, I remember thinking, “Gee, what disaster happened here?” Now seeing this book I imagine slaving women (I am guessing most pottery was produced by women) producing this later pottery with no joy or imagination present.
I guess the idiot who made that claim about recent origin of authoritarian type religion has NEVER SEEN A PHOTO OF THE GIZA PYRAMIDS. (pardon my shouting)
especially through the Abrahamic religions subjugated women almost totally.
Not really -— that book you’re reading sounds like a holdover from the Bella Abzug battleship days.
too much axe gridning feminist simplistic reasoning.
Some people today don’t seem to recognize that the law given was for turning a nomadic, uncivilized people into something more, and leave the past to the past. IN fact the condition of women vastly improved with humanity’s interaction with Jahweh....fulfilled through Christ.