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Ashley Byrnes

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This book is amazing, it is truly an accomplished work, for if ever there was a truth that exposed the “fabricated” teachings of salvation and the “end of the world,” and a truth that was so utterly mind blowing within its revelations, which completely diminish any “fabricated” teaching ever taught about salvation and the “end of the world,” over the last 2000 years, well this book is surely that one. For the author clearly shows that these ancient teachings and prophecy’s of salvation and the “end of the world” were already fulfilled upon the people and city of Jerusalem over 2000 years ago, therefore revealing that these ancient teachings and prophecy’s were never ever meant for you or me. But unveils a real truth that every “teaching, every criminal, unjust and wrongful deed and action” ever taken upon the world by Christianity within the last 2000 years, have been “Fabricated,” and has all been done through lies and done by fraud.

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Victoria you describe battered woman syndrome very well. Battered women depend on the batterer.

God Bless you and yours Mr. Marty. Do you ever get the Marty McFly comments? Could you please remember to say a prayer for Michael J. Fox and Family? Courageous child of God is he. God Bless you Michael Fox. Love God's work through you, a Blessing to us. Aren't we the lucky ones? Yes we are. amen.

Perhaps I should point out at this point that I grew up as an Episcopalian. I have freely worshiped under the direction and guidance of female priests for years now. I have never had a problem with it. Well my only problem was an ackward stumbling for "What shall I call you Fath...er Priest?" "You can call me (First Name) or you can call me 'Mother Last-Name', if you prefer." Hmmmm, okay Mother Last-Name it shall be. Priests, in my view, should be respected for their many sacrifices. Still, a woman who believes she is God's gift to man gets in the way of God. Not here sister.

Cowboy:

Maybe we should encourage the return of the gold robbed from native Americans by the Spanish and others. It all ended up in the hands of the European Christian church of one kind or another. Much of it is readily identifialbe such as the solid gold altar at Barcelona. Maybe Mexico could be pulled out of third world status and the flow of people north reduced?

The British need not return theirs as it was taken second hand by pirates like Sir Francis Drake. That's called laundrying.

Pete: "Yes Mr. Marty, I agree, women are free to stand up and champion the cause of humanity against elitism without reward."

Pete I ask you to reconsider your words. On the one hand, yes, elitism where a select few are revered above others without really having earned it, is bad. On the other hand, is trying to be 'elite', trying to be the best you can be, so bad? Further, why should reward be of concern in the process of self-improvement, whether with or without it? So what do you really mean by suggesting that "elitism without reward" is opposed to the cause of humanity?

Lauren:I have a concrete suggestion that will actually work, put Native American religion books in the religion section at Borders. The Native American religious way is a fantastic way of looking at the world and sadly, very unknown.

Lauren, are you a Native American, or are you white (or black or Asian) and practice their religion as a kind of nature worship combined with environmentalism? If the latter, it should be understood that Native Americans consider their faith an affirmation of their distinctive peoplehood, and do not seek cultural Europeans to adapt it to their own values.

The history section seems a worthy place for books about their religion to outsiders.

I have a concrete suggestion that will actually work, put Native American religion books in the religion section at Borders. The Native American religious way is a fantastic way of looking at the world and sadly, very unknown.

They have a great selection at the Pleasant Hill Borders, Wicca, Islam, many Christian books, Jewish, Tao, Sufi, Speculative, Buddhist. Like I said, a great selection. Too bad they make a big point of exclusively excluding Native American religion books from the religion section.

It is a very deliberate practice, I have a paper trail of my complaints and religious ceremonies dating for over 2 years. It is a clever discrimination too, a back of the bus kind of situation for Native Americans that seems just fine and dandy with lots of front of the bus sitting Christians.

Borders is discriminating exclusively against MY religion by protecting seekers who are looking in the religion section from likely ever finding the BEST religion (hidden in the history section), thus promoting christianity's unfair advantages to the detriment of all those who would be benifited by discovering the vastly superior Native American religions.

I don't see how Borders has the right to do that, I think their action is active discrimination against my religion by demonstrating preference for all the others, and harms me personally.

I think this is an evil, discriminating practice and anyone who supports Borders in their discrimination against Native American religion is deeply, deeply offensive.

Yes Mr. Marty, I agree, women are free to stand up and champion the cause of humanity against elitism without reward.

Women should form sororities and take over the churches, throw the male ministers out. Of course they'll need to take the church in a radically new direction since the Bible is now proved to be a hoax.

Of course http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul tells us what those that refuse to give the Bible up believe. Maybe the ladies in charge will use the document that sets them free, the constitution as their guide to spirituality along with their astrological charts and so on, a breath of fresh air to say the least.

---What to Do About Discrimination Against Women?---

Well that's easily answered.
DON'T DO IT!

And above all stop ALLOWING people to discriminate because they say "God/Allah/The Pink Fairy said it was okay for me to do so"!!!!!

The Society should be based on Human Rights,Secularism and Correct Education.

>Why has this been so? Women fared badly in almost all social relations in which men were involved: family, state, market, etc.

Let's not pretend that male dominance is based purely on inherited societal patriarchy, akin to the way the Catholic Church is run. Until industrialization, the possibility that women could be socio-economically equal to men would have been ludicrous.

Today still, the relative status of men and women throughout the globe is strongly related to how advanced the economy is.

Professor Marty - as a muslim woman i find that more often it is the women themselves who are more thoroughly indictrinated that the men- iwas remarking on this to my husband just tonight as we watched a pbs special on a young arab israeli and her conflicting roles- often women are dependent on the very men who are subordinating them- and their motivation to justify their own limited lifestyles is seen through the lens of maintaining their ownstatus quo- its actually a tool for survival that they are the biggest proponents of a patriarchal system- it was illustrated when the father encouraged the young girl to pursue her athletics- and the mother vehemently exhorted her to 'take care of her husband' andforget her life dream.

In the revisitation of old texts- we are seeing with fresh eyes of a sense of entitlement to our equality (as women) and find things that may have been overlooked by the men-

a concise and insightful piece sir.

You're a nice man Marty.

But really:

"The question is: what do they do about it. In many religions, including many sectors of Christianity and Judaism they have done much: by revisiting their sacred texts, unearthing buried clues, making much of examples of the exemplary--of whom there are many."

Let me tell you a joke: a Morman, a Jew and an Irishman visit an Arab bordello in Paris. . . The Jew bends over, sniffs the air, and says, oy, whad you call dat fishin' shmell ya'tink!!! . . . Ah, never mind, Marty. . . you wouldn't get it anyway.

Your pal,

Bob

Oh and Professor,
Witches are members of a religion; Wicca, a Pagan religion. We deserve the same puncuation as Christian, a member of Christianity.

What do you know of Witches and what they believe?

No Pagan woman would "want to engage in what has been called "the escape from freedom," and define themselves only in submissive and denigrating roles". Ask our men! lol.

Thank you and Blessings,

Prof. Marty,

There was not always a male God...before the upswing of the many monotheist gods, god was a woman.

In the early history periods of human development, religions existed in which people revered their supreme creator as female. The great Goddess- the Divine Ancestress- was worshipped from the Neolithic periods...some will say until the closeing of the last Goddess Temples at about 500 AD. But that is not really correct, She is still worshipped in Her many names.

Man enjoys the great advantage of having a god endorce the code he writes; and since man exercises a sovereign authority over women it is especially fortunate that this authority has been vested in him by the Supreme Being. For the Jews, Mohammedans, and Christians among others, man is master by divine right; the fear of God will therefore repress any impulse towards revolt in the down trodden female.
Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex, 1949

Hear O ye regions, the praise of Queen Nana; Magnify the Creatress; exalt the dignified; exault the Glorius One; Draw nigh to the Mighty Lady.
Sumer, Nineteenth Century BC

Onto Her who renders decision, Goddess of all things, Unto the Lady of Heaven and Earth who recieves supplication; Unto Her who hears petitions, who entertains prayer, Unto the compassionate Goddess who loves righteousness, Ishtar the Queen, who suppresses confusion. To the Queen of Heaven, the Goddess of the Universe, the One who walked in terrible chaos and brought life by the law of love; and out of chaos brought us harmony, and from chaos Thou has led us by the hand.
Babylon, Eighteenth Century to Seventh Century BC

In the beginning there was Isis: Oldest of the Old, She is Goddess from whom all Becoming Arose. She is the Great Lady Mistress of the Two Lands of Egypt, Mistress of Shelter, Mistress of Heaven, Mistress of the House of Life, Mistress of the word of God. She is the Unique. In all Her great and wonderful works She is the wiser Magi and more excellent then any other God.

Thebes, Egypt, Forteenth Century BC

Ishtar,Isis, Innana, Astarte,Rhea, Gaea, Diana,Demeter,Hecate, Persephone...and the hundreds of others are all Goddess...different cultures, different names. Great Goddess, no matter the name She is still the same.

What had life been like for women who lived in a society that venerated a wise and valiant female creator? Why had the members of the later male religions fought so hard to suppress that earlier worship- even the memory of it?

In the Bible you can read where the levite Priests go to the women and say if they do not stop going into the hills and makeing offereings of moon cakes to the Queen of Heaven that they would go to the husbands...the women laughed and said..you think they do not know? They said, "In the old days when we made offerings and praise to the Queen of Heaven we were happy, we had abundance and now we have sorrow and loss."

The Hebrew Priests had a heck of a time keeping their people away from the Goddess, specially the women.

The story of Adam and Eve is filled with Goddess symbols...