Hmm. It's interesting how ready non-Christians are to state what is and is not truth and dogma in a faith not their own. Sorry, but everything in this thread that has been said about Christianity is erroneous.
If I were to make a series of erroneous statements about Wicca such as 'it's known history that witches practice satanic rituals, and do black magic, and stick pins in voodoo dolls, and they openly proselytize in schools now', and then say, by the way, I'm not witch-bashing! - I don't think Elspode would be impressed. I wouldn't post statements of 'fact' on this board about a religion that I'm not familiar with.
Rkzen, your 'information' is a mish-mash of fashionable but historically inaccurate late-20th century politically-driven 'scholarship' that embraces a number of heresies. This stuff is commonly taught at colleges and universities (I took a course in it, too!) but you need to read the primary sources. Can't fathom why you're so angry and emphatic (and wrong) about ROME, ... it's sort of hilarious in a scary way, reading your total mis-take on Christian history. I'm not Roman Catholic, but 'that post was stolen by Paul, and he sold the church to Rome' ???
For Christians, Jesus Christ is not a 'product' and was never 'packaged' by the Church; nor is He a 'nice schizophrenic'; He is Lord and Savior, the Son of God. We may not be defining the term 'sacred feminine' in the same way here, but in Orthodox belief, the Theotokos, the Mother of God, is honored beyond all other Saints, and sits at the right hand of God. Additionally there are greatly revered female Saints too numerous to mention, quite a few of whom bear the title 'Equal to the Apostles'. There is no lack of veneration of women, although worship of some abstract concept of 'the feminine' is not and never was a part of Christian belief. Masculine and feminine are concepts within the Church, particularly the idea that the Church is essentially feminine in nature.
I don't imagine anyone wants a lecture on what Christians really believe - but maybe if we each stick to what we know and practice, there won't be so much bs flying around.
