14-year old Pakistani girl activist shot by Taliban

[garbon]

Meanwhile, a pregnant teenage girl died in Poland of an intestine cancer because doctors refused to perform chemotherapy on her because, being devout Catholics, they thought it would be tantamount to an abortion.

Well, it's aborted now, isn't it? 

I'm seriously starting to become more and more like Viking when it comes to religion, if only because of how the most popular religions abuse women. We seriously need a good push toward goddess-based religions to take hold if only for the sake of women.

It'd probably be best if more people let go of religion - not catch hold of another one.

[Ed Anger]

Can I cast magic missile with these goddess religions?

[Valmy]

It'd probably be best if more people let go of religion - not catch hold of another one.

That ain't happening.  Which is why I decided to embrace a religion that I think will do social good.

[Ed Anger]

It'd probably be best if more people let go of religion - not catch hold of another one.

That ain't happening.  Which is why I decided to embrace a religion that I think will do social good.

If you say "Unitarian", I am gonna punch you in the nuts.

[Valmy]

If you say "Unitarian", I am gonna punch you in the nuts.

Unitarian.  My faith protects me

[PDH]

Can I cast magic missile with these goddess religions?

You only get to heal or cause wounds, depending on your alignment.  Oh, I think you can also turn undead.

[Malthus]

Meanwhile, a pregnant teenage girl died in Poland of an intestine cancer because doctors refused to perform chemotherapy on her because, being devout Catholics, they thought it would be tantamount to an abortion.

Well, it's aborted now, isn't it? 

I'm seriously starting to become more and more like Viking when it comes to religion, if only because of how the most popular religions abuse women. We seriously need a good push toward goddess-based religions to take hold if only for the sake of women.

Religion isn't either the problem or the solution. The problem is that the folks who happen to follow these particular religions tend to be from conservative societies. They follow religions and they follow traditional ways concerning the status of women for the same reason - because they are, basically, from a backward, medieval-style culture. The world has moved on and they have not.

Replacing their current religions with women-friendly woo cannot solve the problem - or rather, if you could change their culture to be more modern in its attitude towards women, why not simply change it to one that lacks woo altogether?

[Ed Anger]

Can I cast magic missile with these goddess religions?

You only get to heal or cause wounds, depending on your alignment.  Oh, I think you can also turn undead.

I want to cast fireball. Meri's hippie goddess sucks.

[PDH]

It's always the mages that get the cool spells.

[Ed Anger]

Call me Raistlin.

[Valmy]

Replacing their current religions with women-friendly woo cannot solve the problem - or rather, if you could change their culture to be more modern in its attitude towards women, why not simply change it to one that lacks woo altogether?

Because people like woo.  And a certain percentage of them seem to need woo.

[Valmy]

Call me Raistlin.

At one point in Everquest I grouped with four dudes all named different spellings of Raistlin.

[Ed Anger]

Call me Raistlin.

At one point in Everquest I grouped with four dudes all named different spellings of Raistlin.

[merithyn]

I want to cast fireball. Meri's hippie goddess sucks.

Well damn. If we're making up the religion, why can't we have fireballs??

[garbon]

It'd probably be best if more people let go of religion - not catch hold of another one.

That ain't happening.  Which is why I decided to embrace a religion that I think will do social good.

I'm not sure on that. I'd think if we look over time that we have more people who don't belong to an organized religion than before.

Also on your religion bit, that's like saying NewYorkCares is my religion.