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Originally Posted by habernac
yep, it is pretty stupid for the Catholic church to not allow women as priests. It's also stupid that they don't allow priests to marry. But we're not talking about Catholicism here.
Saudi Arabia's interpretation of Islam is ridiculous. You say that restricting women in Mecca is not a popular position. How about women's restrictions on what they wear, who they can be with, the fact that they can't drive. With a female population that's probably close to the male population, those things probably aren't 100% popular either. But that's still the way things go.
How is my view biased? Because I don't think women are second hand citizens?
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I am assuming you asked the question genuinely, so I'll answer genuinely.
"But we're not talking about Catholicism here." You're right we're not, but we rarely if ever talk about the double standards that exist in our own 'civilization' or culture. And they do exist.
Is the double standard wrong? Absolutely. But it's wrong in every instance it exists; in Islam, in the Catholic Church, in the legal system (and I mean rich/poor, not white/black), etc.
"How is my view biased?" I suppose I think its biased because it
seems that your starting point, your base assumption is that Islam is bad and I believe that is too broad a generalization. Moderate Muslims outnumber radical or fundamentist types by a huge margin (guesstimate - 50 - 1, probably higher) but when I read your post I assumed (and I know what happens when one ass-u-mes) that you lumped them all into the same pile, judging the religion as though it was a single entity.
If I've interpreted too much into your post, I do apologize. I enjoy your post on the hockey forum and I haven't noticed you diving into many of the super-heated off-topic threads.
Cheers!