Saturday, October 11, 2008

Women = 2nd class

Why do intelligent women who in most parts of their lives be it business, personal or public to name the top 3 do not accept they are 2nd class or inferior to men, accept that they are in religious matters?
I don’t understand why the top 3 religions of the world, Islam, Christianity and Judaism keep women subjugated as 2nd class citizens completely subservient to men and women accept it. It makes no sense to me.
I would think that any creator would make all of one species equal within itself. I can’t believe a God or Creator or Higher Power (to cover all bases) would have created women given them intelligence, free will and different talents and abilities then man, just to make them servants of man. It doesn’t appear to be the work of a loving power.
Yet there was one religion/culture that said all were equal. Men and women had the exact same rights; to property to marriage to divorce everything was completely equal in their civilization. That religion/culture was the Celts who ruled what is now known as Europe until the Christians who apparently did not care for women being equal to men killed them off, stole their temples, lands and holidays and put into slavery and bondage women where they remain still today in the eyes of religions, second class citizens only there to serve men.
Since no one has ever come back from death to tell us women are second class servants, since when these religions were forming men were stronger, the hunter gatherer, protector and probably the ones who could write and record things so they just told women this is how it is to be. Women at that time couldn’t change it. Men wrote it down and it became “The Truth of Life”, and women accept it still today. What also makes me wonder is how Christian and Jewish women can decry the way they see women treated in Islam and not recognize the same subjugation their religions place on them.
Can anyone explain why we are not all equal in the eyes of a God?

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Darwin's Law

The world is over populated. We are running out of fresh water, air, food, most of the essentials of life. Why? Charles Darwin through scientific study found that species that survived did so because the ones who had the majority of the strengths their species required to survive their predators, lived (the smart ones). The ones that did not died (the stupid ones). This is nature’s way of selective breeding as people have done with dogs, cats and other animals and what some scientists are trying to do with humans. Nature’s way has worked for millions of years as proven by the fact that the earth has never run out of air, water or food. We are now in danger of doing just that. Why? The answer I feel is simple, we have tried to undermine Darwin’s law of survival of the fittest.
We have instituted safety laws that protect the stupid from themselves. Seatbelt, airbags, they are all good ideas. I don’t feel they should be mandatory. If someone is not smart enough to realize that texting, talking on a cell phone while driving, along with putting on make –up reading the newspaper, programming a GPS device or doing other distracting things while they are suppose to be controlling a steel weapon weighing thousands of pounds at high speeds they probably won’t be smart enough to utilize the safety devices. When they crash and burn they are just proving Darwin’s theory. If they crash into the more intelligent people the intelligent ones will be utilizing the safety devices even more confirmation of the theory. If they run into people of their caliber who are not utilizing the devices again no loss it just re-confirms the theory and leaves more air, water and food for the rest of us. So help protect yourself and your loved ones if you feel you are in the fittest category help repeal these laws that are hastening the end of the world.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Love vs Like

I was blessed to grow up in that that legendary time when teachers taught and disciplined. Not only the subject but they also attempted to guide students to common sense and logic, along with what it was like out in the world in those days where entitlement and empowerment didn't exist you had to pull your own weight. Something reminded me today of a teacher and what he said. This man was a WW II veteran. Ram rod straight and to my high school eyes appeared tough as nails. I still remember his favorite sayings " if I say it try to remember it, if I say it twice try harder and if I write it on the board it's on the test" was one and the other was " if you throw something at the garbage can it's an hour detention, but I award accuracy so if you make it it's only a 1/2 hour.". Well this next piece of his wisdom has stuck with me for over 35 years. His daughter was getting married and he came in and announced it to the class, as usual the girls oohed and aahed and the boys rolled their eyes standard for a high school class. Then came the wisdom. One of the girls asked what he said to his daughter, his reply shut up the classroom, he said he asked his daughter if she liked the guy. She said she loved him. To which he replied that's nice but do you like him? She said what difference does it make I love him. He said people fall in and out of love every day, people don't fall in and out of like. You can grow to love someone if you like them. Just because you love someone doesn't mean you like them or ever will. In his mind liking someone will get you through the tough times. Love on the other hand is such a strong emotion and there is just a thin line between it and hate.Over the years I've come to think he was totally correct and if that little gem had been passed around and people actually followed it Dr Phil, e-harmony and the rest that genre wouldn't exist and more then half the divorce lawyers would need real jobs.