In which we attempt to pull knowledge of Christian theory from the deep recesses of our mind
Brad Warner posted his latest article, Women, Evolution, and Buddhism, to Suicide Girls this morning, and while most of is interesting and affirms a major part of why I’ve left Christianity for Buddhism (besides, you know, the whole not really believing in God thing), there’s one part that makes me go hmm:
Historically Buddhism has been much better to women than any of the other major religions*. To be sure, there are examples of times when certain Buddhists have treated women just as badly as any other religion. But in doing so these Buddhists have gone against the explicit directions of the founder of their faith.
The part that makes me think is that I’m pretty sure Jesus Christ never declared women to be inferior to men. Now after his death, it certainly went that way – even among some of he disciples (hi, Paul) – but I don;t think it was the intention. But then again, I haven’t read the bible since I was 13.
The article is a well-worth reading, though, and I highly recommend it.