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In reply to the discussion: What is the role of inspiration in the Bible? [View all]The whole chromosome bit is used to reinforce sexism. It's now known (and probably always was, tbh) to not be the case, they come in all manner of combinations, and gender is a very complex thing. And there's no difference between sex and gender either, but we let that stay cause too much at once is confusing for people and they already get violent at the suggestion that the binary is wrong.
Amazing the all the things that have nothing to do with religion have been fundimentaly shaped by it.
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What's additionally upsetting is by doing this, guillaumeb is reinforcing sexist stereotypes...
trotsky
Mar 2019
#7
What constitutes evidence in the absence of knowledge of the Creator's nature?
guillaumeb
Mar 2019
#58
It's not a misframe. The story actually justifies patriarchical oppression
marylandblue
Mar 2019
#50
The ancient Indians spoke of the Unity of Creation thousands of years before. Their teachings
c-rational
Mar 2019
#60
I would never say that the Creator can only be found in the wrods of the Bible.
guillaumeb
Mar 2019
#68
As you well know, english speakers generally use very few verb forms when speaking.
guillaumeb
Mar 2019
#77