The patriarchy wants WOMEN to be Christian
ps. I will not entertain a conversation that starts with, "But what about Islam and Sharia law?"
The patriarchy wants WOMEN to be Christian because once you buy into the whole "God is a white man in the sky" thing, control, oppression, and violence are a forgone conclusion.
The patriarchy wants you to be quiet, compliant, and grateful for whatever crumbs fall your way. Christianity teaches women to be those things from day one. We learn to sit down, smile, and use an appropriate inside voice.
We are taught independent thinking is a sin because faith is the ultimate test of God. We learn that male dominance is Godly, and our basic role as women is to serve the men and have babies when they want us to - Christian men are busy legislating just that right now.
Civility and appropriateness are lovely until they are not. The patriarchy wants you to be sweet and controlled, and the mandate to be civil and appropriate sounds more palatable.
Christianity teaches women that male violence is also Godly - an angry God, a vengeful God, a God that murders for spite. This is what women are taught appropriate, normal, even sacred male behavior looks like.
Christian women are controlled, humiliated, dominated, raped, tortured, and killed by their Christian husbands every damn day.
Organized religion is almost always a tool of the ruling class to control the population. Çhristianity was the brainchild of the patriarchal ruling class. It is not a stretch to say the Roman Empire never died; it simply evolved into a religion with even more reach than the empire previously had. Instead of enforcing laws, it ruled with the fear of hell.
However, to get total control, Christianity had to disappear the competition, and women are always going to subvert patriarchal control where they can. Christianity made goddess worship a sacrilege, and that only benefits those who benefit from patriarchal systems.
Christianity does not just seek to control women. In its most traditional form, Christianity oppresses the feminine.
Historically, humans worshiped female deities during times of peace and prosperity—goddess worship. So, on this beautiful equinox, if you want to stand alone outside the box of patriarchal control and brainwashing, it might be way past time to decentralize men by evicting the white man in the sky from your most sacred soul-infused spaces.
Lisa Hayes, The Love Whisperer, is an LOA Relationship Coach. She helps clients leverage Law of Attraction to get the relationships they dream about and build the lives they want. Lisa is the author of the hit books, Score Your Soulmate and How to Escape from Relationship Hell and The Passion Plan. Lisa also trains the worlds best coaches at www.thecoachingguild.com.
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