I wish there was a perfect society.
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foxxi wrote:
It would be full of atheists/non theistic religions, liberals, no feminists...
That would be a perfect society for Atheist anti-feminists.
Of course the problem is that different people have different ideas of what would be a perfect society.
We could have the perfect society if we were all the same. Then we'd soon have the society that we all agree that we want--whatever society that might be.
Well, I'll just say that I prefer the solution called "partition". Separate societies, entirely separate countries, for people who want different societies. Why should people who want different societies have to all live in the same society? It doesn't make any sense.
But of course partition isn't going to happen either.
As it is, there are people who aren't Atheists, and there are people who care about equality for women.
There can never be a perfect society of humans, or even a halfway-good one. ...because of human-nature. So I wouldn't recommend wasting any time wanting that or hoping for it.
I was raised Atheist, and I was Atheist when I was your age.
I don't consider religion to be a debate-issue, but let me just say this:
Yes, most here would agree that we disagree with Biblical-Literalism. Most likely none of us like to be insulted and abused by certain door-to-door denominations (whom I won't name). But I don't criticize the beliefs of Biblical-Literalists or Atheists, and I appreciate it that Atheists don't go door-to-door.
But much of the disagreement between Atheists and non-Literalist religious people is definitional. ...disagreement resulting from a difference in definitions, terms, language, and assumptions about what someone else means.
...disagreement resulting from misunderstanding.
Such disagreement and debate is entirely unnecessary and unproductive. It's easy to succumb to the temptation to believe that we understand the beliefs of a broad and diverse category of people, and go from there to blanket-evaluating their beliefs.
We can't have a good society, but we can live our own lives well. ...which means: as we like, and in keeping with fairness, consideration and helpfulness to others.
Though it sounds trite to say this, it's important to not let others decide your purposes and priorities. Sometimes it's necessary to sit down and say, "Wait a minute, what's going on here? What's important?".
Michael829
, everyone would give to society and society would give to them, there would be a flexible school system that teaches people of all ages whatever they want to learn rather than forcing people to learn things they don't like.[/quote]
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Michael829 wrote:
foxxi wrote:
It would be full of atheists/non theistic religions, liberals, no feminists...
That would be a perfect society for Atheist anti-feminists.
Of course the problem is that different people have different ideas of what would be a perfect society.
We could have the perfect society if we were all the same. Then we'd soon have the society that we all agree that we want--whatever society that might be.
Well, I'll just say that I prefer the solution called "partition". Separate societies, entirely separate countries, for people who want different societies. Why should people who want different societies have to all live in the same society? It doesn't make any sense.
But of course partition isn't going to happen either.
As it is, there are people who aren't Atheists, and there are people who care about equality for women.
There can never be a perfect society of humans, or even a halfway-good one. ...because of human-nature. So I wouldn't recommend wasting any time wanting that or hoping for it.
I was raised Atheist, and I was Atheist when I was your age.
I don't consider religion to be a debate-issue, but let me just say this:
Yes, most here would agree that we disagree with Biblical-Literalism. Most likely none of us like to be insulted and abused by certain door-to-door denominations (whom I won't name). But I don't criticize the beliefs of Biblical-Literalists or Atheists, and I appreciate it that Atheists don't go door-to-door.
But much of the disagreement between Atheists and non-Literalist religious people is definitional. ...disagreement resulting from a difference in definitions, terms, language, and assumptions about what someone else means.
...disagreement resulting from misunderstanding.
Such disagreement and debate is entirely unnecessary and unproductive. It's easy to succumb to the temptation to believe that we understand the beliefs of a broad and diverse category of people, and go from there to blanket-evaluating their beliefs.
We can't have a good society, but we can live our own lives well. ...which means: as we like, and in keeping with fairness, consideration and helpfulness to others.
Though it sounds trite to say this, it's important to not let others decide your purposes and priorities. Sometimes it's necessary to sit down and say, "Wait a minute, what's going on here? What's important?".
Michael829
, everyone would give to society and society would give to them, there would be a flexible school system that teaches people of all ages whatever they want to learn rather than forcing people to learn things they don't like.
The religious feminists could leave our society and go to america or something.
I don't believe in a perfect society because imperfections and contradictions are what makes the nature run and evolve. If any society could reach the point where nothing could be improved, it would lose its whole dynamics and thus become very far from being perfect.
I even sort of believe that for a healthy society we need different political options arguing constantly over things. One perfection would destroy it.
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lostonearth35 wrote:
If it wasn't for feminists, I wouldn't be allowed to do what I'm actually doing right now, like be able to vote without being arrested, jailed and tortured, leave my home legally without a male escort, not be married against my will, and not be tortured or jailed for disobeying or talking back to males in general.
And there will be a perfect society because humans are not perfect, as if that weren't obvious. Whenever anyone has tried to make it perfect, they did it by banishing, locking up, torturing, and killing anyone they deemed unworthy, like disabled people, which made everything even less perfect. Nothing has changed.
And there will be a perfect society because humans are not perfect, as if that weren't obvious. Whenever anyone has tried to make it perfect, they did it by banishing, locking up, torturing, and killing anyone they deemed unworthy, like disabled people, which made everything even less perfect. Nothing has changed.
Did you know that in some states in the first Presidential elections women were allowed to vote the same as men.
Some women and some men, anyway. Each state had their own rules about who could vote and one or two only allowed those who own property to vote without regard to their sex.
Michael829 wrote:
foxxi wrote:
It would be full of atheists/non theistic religions, liberals, no feminists...
That would be a perfect society for Atheist anti-feminists.
Atheist non-feminists, perhaps.
Anti-feminists necessarily need feminists.
lostonearth35 wrote:
If it wasn't for feminists, I wouldn't be allowed to do what I'm actually doing right now, like be able to vote without being arrested, jailed and tortured, leave my home legally without a male escort, not be married against my will, and not be tortured or jailed for disobeying or talking back to males in general.
Even if we assume to be true the premise that 'feminists emancipated women in society', the people you're talking about have little in common with third wave, outrage culture, victim hierarchy feminists.
foxxi wrote:
I Wish There Was A Perfect Society.
Brave New World
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Read them if you haven't already, then share your thoughts - if so inclined.
foxxi wrote:
It would be full of atheists/non theistic religions, liberals, no feminists, everyone would give to society and society would give to them, there would be a flexible school system that teaches people of all ages whatever they want to learn rather than forcing people to learn things they don't like.
That sounds good. Except that except for having only atheists, I'd like it so that everyone's religion was accepted. And there wouldn't be any feminists not because being a feminist is bad, but because there would be no inequality, so there wouldn't be any need for feminism.
GoSensGo wrote:
Meh, I think if you're still a feminist at this point you have to be the type that's just looking to be offended. Nobody wants to admit that things are good, they want to remain perpetual victims so they try to convince people of myths like the wage gap.
Just because things are better doesn't mean there aren't still problems.
TheAP wrote:
That sounds good. Except that except for having only atheists, I'd like it so that everyone's religion was accepted. And there wouldn't be any feminists not because being a feminist is bad, but because there would be no inequality, so there wouldn't be any need for feminism.
And yet feminists exist where equality is codified into law.
Funny how that works.