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Religious Equality (Religious Inequalities (Women aren't allowed to…
Religious Equality
Religious Inequalities
Women aren't allowed to become priest in the Catholic Churdh
Transgender people aren't recognised by their chosen identity
Homosexuals are persecuted even today due not only by the Bible but Church attitudes
Homosexuals aren't allowed to get married in a church
The Catholic Church is yet to have a black pope
Religion is a major source of inequality
God is often 'masuclinised' in religious texts or speech.
Apologist explain this by saying it is a product of the patriarchal society in which it was formed
Bible
- 'woman was created for man's sake
Quran (4:11)
- The male shall have the equal portion of two females
Examples of Religious Equality in the Bible
John 4:25-26: Jesus first reveals he is the messiah to a woman
John 2:1-11: Jesus does his first miracle because his mother asks him to
Acts 10: 34-35: 'Peter began to speak: “I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on
the same basis. 35 Those who fear him and do what is right are acceptable to him,
no matter what race they belong to.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church
CCC tries to reduce the inequality of past
CCC 1934: created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin... All therefore enjoy equal dignity
CCC 1938 : there exists also sinful inequalities that affect millions of men and women... in open conjunction of the Gospel
CCC 2358: number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies isn't negligible. They don't choose the homosexual condition... most of them its a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity.