Can't we all just get along?
Why do women love religion?
by Kaethra 69 Replies latest jw friends
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Kaethra
wow! I can't imagine why this topic is making men feel threatened...weird!!
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fullofdoubtnow
Hi Kaethra,
That's something I've pondered about myself, as there were far more women than men in the jws in my area, and I guess, worldwide. It might be to do with the idea of needing a protector, but I wonder if perhaps we are more susceptible to the type of hopeful message that religions like the jws bring. Maybe it's something to do with the "golden future" for us and our children that their message portrays. That's certainly what drew me into the wts, and kept me there for almost 25 years. I don't know if that's true for everyone, but it was for me.
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ballistic
wow! I can't imagine why this topic is making men feel threatened...weird!!
I was in my local shop the other day, and there's this old couple who are a bit retarded and the woman is always shouting and muttering at the man. She punched him in the face. They went out of the shop and everyone started laughing and the shop keeper said, "I wish she'd waited and punched him outside." and I just stand there in horror, like I would have called the police. Just like abusing men is ok to some women just as sexism is in it's many forms, one of which this thread is a good example. Feeling threatened is irrelevant.
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LittleToe
Kaethra:
wow! I can't imagine why this topic is making men feel threatened...weird!!
You're generalising again. You've only had negative comments from one man.
Most religions, even though they are male-dominated, boast a predominately female population.
I would suggest it's because the women intuitively know that religion makes more sense, even if it has become a rarer thing for religion to be female led, as in the past. Us guys are slow learners, prefering to eschew intuition for the pragmatic approach of flowcharts and formulas. By the time we realise our heads are up our asses we are left frustrated and full of witty comebacks like "whatever".
The irony of the sexual revolution is that more women are becoming atheists, instead of challenging the autocrasy and resuming their place in the hierarchy of priestesses...
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Kaethra
ummm...'k ballistic...I'm sorry that you've encountered women who are bitchy. Ask anyone who knows me personally and they will tell you that I'm not even remotely that way. But...I AM very independent and I have tried so much to comprehend why women will go to traditional religions that put them in second class positions...one of my theories is that women are in a much more precarious position than men are or ever have been or ever will be...until you are the person walking down the street feeling totally alone and vulnerable, I guess you wouldn't understand. I'm just saying that women need or feel that they need a Protector, whereas men never (usually!) even have to think that way. It makes me wonder if that's one of the reasons why women seem to be more "religious" that men.
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serendipity
What is the language of religion? Love, Kindness, Doing good, Being submissive, being self-sacrificing, etc. Are any of these the primary goals of most men? Are these topics appealing to men? These things would probably be more appealing to women.
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Kaethra
LT - I said "men" because of zugzwang's comment...he seemed male...and he seemed threatened...so there! phhttt (*tell Jesus I love him, 'k?*)
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LittleToe
Kaethra:
Don't worry about Ballsy. He's just cranky, suffering nicotine withdrawal. He'll come round soon and probably apologise. -
Scully
LT:
The irony of the sexual revolution is that more women are becoming atheists, instead of challenging the autocrasy and resuming their place in the hierarchy of priestesses...
You say that like it's a bad thing...
Mind you, if I ever declared myself to be a priestess or goddess of anything, I suspect a lot of people would Form 1 me as being delusional and in danger of harming myself.... So rather than allow them to be "atheist" with respect to my
delusionalitydeification, I prefer to embrace reality.High Priestess of Reality.... I'm liking that title, a lot. I think I'll have it as my epitaph.