Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Were there no women, men might live like gods.
In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.
When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Women are sacred.
As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin. It's just a sign of our culture.
Women have full equality with men before the Lord. By nature, the roles of women differ from those of men. This knowledge has come to us with the Restoration of the gospel in the fullness of times, with an acknowledgment that women are endowed with the great responsibilities of motherhood and nurturing.
Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.
Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.
After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess.