On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Michael J. Lowrey orangemike@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Emily Monroe emilymonroe03@gmail.com wrote:
Michael Lowry, what you just said was said was sarcastic and potentially uncivil.
So Ryan and Carol can lie about MY religion, and I'M the one accused of incivility?
Your "religion" includes Roman Catholicism, the Church of Latter Day Saints, Christian Scientists, Watchtower Society, Russian Orthodox, Anglican, Coptic, Quakers, and Amish?
Christianity, like Islam, has a lot of branches and you could say almost anything about Christianity and some sects it would be true in and others it would not. It would be accurate to say "Jesus Christ is not divine" and "Jesus Christ is divine" and different sects hold this to be true. It would also be true to say that Christianity is a driving force in the United States towards pushing women out of work and into the home, is opposed to women having access to birth control, and is opposed to abortion in all cases, and that women should be totally subservient to men, and that if you are moral, you don't need a doctor because Jesus will provide. The opposite could also be said and be equally as true. If you want to see how two opposite sides have aspects of the truth, look at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion/Evidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion/Evidence .
Anyone have any stats regarding female participation on Wikipedia by religion? Most of the data I've seen suggests about 45%/45% split between Christians and Atheists as contributors on Wikipedia, with non-Christian pockets in countries outside Europe and North America.