I'm in the middle of "The Firebrand" By Marion Zimmer Bradley. It's fabulous. It's the Trojan War myth told in the point of view of Princess Kassandra of Troy. It's a lot like her other books - very empowering to woman and so good it's hard to put down.
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Dec 28, 2003
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This is a great suggestion - these books were absolutely wonderful. I love how kids' fantasy isn't just for kids anymore. :)
The writers of the bible got rid of as much as they could of positive/powerful female references that did not show women as dependant on men. There goes the Book of Ruth, and Lilith, and more... I was asked to not return to Sunday School as a teen because I questioned why Mary M was not recognized as an Apostle since it means "one who has seen Him Risen" and she was THE first to go check on the body and see what was going on.
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I think it has may have more to do with the fact that there is an American Publishing company called North Light. They don't want the two confused. Sarajane
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The terrible thing is that when we have questions about the Bible and we ask our clergymen, they don't always answer that question.
My niece asked why, if Christ knew that Judas was going to turn him in, do we consider him a traitor. He was doing what he was predestined to do. Her minister never did answer her. I theorized that "Man" calls him a traitor, not Christ.
Seems like such an easy answer...............
And for a long time, it was punishable by death to be able to read unless you were a priest. It was also (for many centuries) the usual thing to make sure that all rites were conducted in a language unfamiliar to the members. It is quite common for religions, and political regimes, and caste structures of all kinds to work at keeping members ignorant--they are more easily controled that way. Only a very few really support education, and then its usually in narrowly defined areas--but at least its something!!
This is true even in cases where the leaders are saying loudly with words that they support education--but are quietly removing any financial or other *real* supports to education. Sarajane
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I had to go back and re-read that. :-) Talk about a Freudian slip!
I about lost my s*it. Surely you didn't say that on purpose, LOL
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
It's the one she wrote right before she died in 1999, so it's very new.
I totally agree - that's my favorite book of all time! :D
Heh heh heh - took me a second to understand that you meant Mormons. :)
RE: Firebrand and MZB...someone please help me out....what was the title of the book she wrote about Cassandra (the Oracle), maybe 8-10 years ago?
Well, Kassandra is has the gift of seeing into the future in The Firebrand, and I looked up the publishing date and apparently is was first published in
1989, so I think that's the book we're talking about. :) I thought it was new, but not so!Religious slur, I believe.
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