If religion is supposedly so liberating then why so many strict rules?

@SW-User The feminist religion is very anti woman and it keeps trying to force women to be men.

@hippyjoe1955 I've never yet heard of any religion which tried to force women to be men.

@SW-User So you are not aware of the marxist religious sect called feminism? Huh. Maybe you are just uninformed.

@hippyjoe1955 I was just trying to figure out whether you meant feminism or an actual goddess based religion, such as Wicca. I don't think of feminism as a religion.

@SW-User Women are required to sign those 'submission' papers.

@JSul3 Ok. I've never heard of submission papers. This must be something new. I'm an old person.

@SW-User Read about SBC pres. Paige Patterson.

@JSul3 Thanks. That's scary to think of -- if I'd been under his counsel while married, I might not be alive now. I just read a bit on Wiki. Will read more later.

@SW-User He is a wack job, but all religions place women as subservient to men.

@JSul3 Exactly what I was saying earlier. When I was a kid, I always thought religion would be there to comfort me in my old age, even if no one else was around. Oh well. The illusions of youth.

@SW-User Pressure from adults on their kids can have devastating effects.
When I was very young a neighborhood asked me: 'Are you saved?' I didn't know what he meant. He said, 'If you are not saved, you are going to hell!'
Naturally, nobody wants to go to hell.
Thankfully, my parents comforted me.

@SW-User I am truly sorry! Sadly, many parents are not the 'safe keepers' of their children. I too have witnessed it in my lifetime and it makes me cry.

My parents were far from perfect too. I think that religion was not a major influence, was based upon their childhoods. I was told about the Golden Rule, and to treat others with kindness and compassion, just as I would wish to be treated. I have tried my best to follow that path. Many days I am successful, many days I fail because of my refusal to remain silent in the face of hatred, bigotry, cruelty, mendacity, and evil.