We cannot denier during the ancient days, due to most women are uneducated and many married as teenagers, situation where a wife should obey her husband can be more frequent compare to today (especially if the wife is 15 and the husband is 19), but it doesn’t mean the wife should always obey her husband (for example, even if when they got married the wife was 15 and the husband was 19, five years later, the wife would be 20 which is an adult and the husband is 24, practically the same age. Plus, in most ancient culture, most parents try to arrange for their daughters to marry somebody their own age. For example, if their daughter is 14, most parents try find her a boy that is also 14 or at most 16, so they be roughly the same age. Parents forcing their teenage daughter to marry much older men, despite happen, is still less common.)
When it comes to religion I am more in favor of the Pagan views and Buddhist view
Both Buddhism and Pagan religion believe the gods are not perfect and there might even be evil gods, for example, in Norse religion it got Loki, which is an evil god, in Greek mythology it got Hades, in Egyptian mythology it got Set, Sekhmet and Apep that was retrospectively defeated by Ra or Horus and in Mediterranean mythology it got Yahweh that was defeated by Baal. In Chinese mythology it got 蚩尤 that was defeated by 女媧 and her husband.
Buddhist believe in six realms of reincarnation. Good karma put you onto a higher realm, while bad karma brings you to a lower realm. Humanity is of level three, an upper middle realm. The top realm is the realm of the gods. But that also mean, not all gods are good, it only means most gods are good, due to good souls, more easily gain good karma. They split the gods into four types include beneficial gods that are kind and would help humanity, the second type is more interest in pursuing further enlightenment, the fairies that just like to enjoy their life and have fun and the last would be the demons, these are the evil gods.
I particularly like the Taoism symbol of Yin and Yang
When it comes to religion I am more in favor of the Pagan views and Buddhist view
Both Buddhism and Pagan religion believe the gods are not perfect and there might even be evil gods, for example, in Norse religion it got Loki, which is an evil god, in Greek mythology it got Hades, in Egyptian mythology it got Set, Sekhmet and Apep that was retrospectively defeated by Ra or Horus and in Mediterranean mythology it got Yahweh that was defeated by Baal. In Chinese mythology it got 蚩尤 that was defeated by 女媧 and her husband.
Buddhist believe in six realms of reincarnation. Good karma put you onto a higher realm, while bad karma brings you to a lower realm. Humanity is of level three, an upper middle realm. The top realm is the realm of the gods. But that also mean, not all gods are good, it only means most gods are good, due to good souls, more easily gain good karma. They split the gods into four types include beneficial gods that are kind and would help humanity, the second type is more interest in pursuing further enlightenment, the fairies that just like to enjoy their life and have fun and the last would be the demons, these are the evil gods.
I particularly like the Taoism symbol of Yin and Yang
The white part symbolizing good, got a black dot, meaning, even amount those who are good, they are not perfect.
Within the black part that symbolize evil, it got a white dot, meaning, even those who are evil, might have positive attributes.
This is a much healthier religion attitude, because regardless of how wise a person is, nobody is perfect. This might be why in Greek mythology the gods are all made to be bit of a jerk. The concept of the Abraham religion of a one and only true god that is in all way perfect and can do no wrong, is simply an unhealthy approach, especially considering the god of the Abraham religion, is probably one of the most flawed gods, out there.
Within the book “Self-Matters” written by psychologist Philip C. McGraw, also known as the famous TV psychologist Dr. Phil, (it is a very good book, I recommend you read it) It talk about how when you believe in something badly enough, you evaluate everything in a manner in coalition with it, hence, when the Abraham religion think its god is always right, even when he do something wrong, it would be seen as doing something good.
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