Kvinnor, män och religion

Läste om en intressant undersökning.

Nedan är ett utdrag (det står även om andra samfund i artikeln - ta gärna en titt på det).

Håller inte med om allt, men det vet ni ju redan. En bibeltolkning som kommer till i efterhand, enbart i syfte att utestänga halva mänskligheten från möjligheten att kallas av Gud till tjänst, kan inte vara korrekt. Den är inte ens logisk. En apostel på Jesu tid är inte detsamma som en präst idag. Det finns knappt några likheter kvar. Så om det är ursprunget man vill åt och föra vidare så får man allt tänka om. Man måste också kunna skilja mellan oviktiga detaljer och väsentliga sådana i tillämpningen av bibeltexter...

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"Most striking among the findings are that women are far more apt to believe with absolute certainty in a God or universal spirit, as well as to believe that this supreme being is a personal one. More American women than men are affiliated with a religion. Two-thirds of women say religion is a very important factor in their lives, as opposed to roughly half of men — percentages that are about the same for those who say they pray on a daily basis. Forty-four percent of women attend weekly religious services, as opposed to just a third of men.

One would think that these facts would translate into women's rise to positions of spiritual leadership — surely the mark of genuine equality — in the various denominations. Alas, as a glance at some of the largest organized religious groups in the country shows, the picture is at best mixed when it comes to women's ability to break that stained-glass ceiling.

The United States is a predominantly Christian nation. The Roman Catholic Church, whose more than 66 million members make it the largest U.S. Christian church, remains adamantly opposed to the ordination of women to the priesthood — so adamantly, indeed, that in May of last year, the Vatican decreed the automatic excommunication of any person involved in the ordination of a woman to the priesthood, in addition to the woman herself.

The church's logic is biblically rooted. As Pope John Paul II pronounced in 1994, and Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed in 2006, women cannot become priests because the original apostles were male. In other words, had Christ intended to admit women to the apostolic succession, he'd have done so. Mary Magdalene fans, eat your hearts out. Nonetheless, Catholic women have made substantial gains at the parish level, and the Women's Ordination Conference continues to work toward change in church policy on ordination."