As a kid in primary school, part of the prescribed morning services included a set of blessings in which we thanked God for the various gifts he bestowed up on us.
Wow! There I was thinking it was weird to ‘pledge allegiance to the flag’ every morning when I went to school in America, but this is off the scale!!! 😳😳😳
Shelo asani isha. Yes, I too asked how this could be, it’s so blatant. A rabbi told me it was because men have more mitzvahs, and that’s considered a blessing… but I think he may have been gaslighting me 😂
Shortly after I was initiated as a Wiccan Priestess, I went with a family friend to New Orleans (where she had grown up) to experience Mardi Gras. I then went to an Ash Wednesday mass with her. They finished off with the Lord's Prayer at the end of the mass...and it was all I could do not to bolt out of the pew and run out of the door screaming. (Talk about awkward!)
I wonder if we met the authors of these prayers in person even one time, if any of us would be able to keep from laughing let alone reciting them every day.
Wow! I was brought up protestant; I got irritated with all the word-masculinity - He, brothers - but I never came across a prayer so overtly anti-woman. Wow. No wonder you need to use fire to counteract. Beautiful post!
Wow! There I was thinking it was weird to ‘pledge allegiance to the flag’ every morning when I went to school in America, but this is off the scale!!! 😳😳😳
Indeed it is. The pledge freaks me out too. Who decided forced allegiance to anything was a good idea?
Indeed. Well said. 👏👏👏
Shelo asani isha. Yes, I too asked how this could be, it’s so blatant. A rabbi told me it was because men have more mitzvahs, and that’s considered a blessing… but I think he may have been gaslighting me 😂
Ha! I've definitely heard that rationalization before.
By 'mitzvah's' he probably meant testicles.
Shortly after I was initiated as a Wiccan Priestess, I went with a family friend to New Orleans (where she had grown up) to experience Mardi Gras. I then went to an Ash Wednesday mass with her. They finished off with the Lord's Prayer at the end of the mass...and it was all I could do not to bolt out of the pew and run out of the door screaming. (Talk about awkward!)
I wonder if we met the authors of these prayers in person even one time, if any of us would be able to keep from laughing let alone reciting them every day.
Excellent question! 😈
Wow! I was brought up protestant; I got irritated with all the word-masculinity - He, brothers - but I never came across a prayer so overtly anti-woman. Wow. No wonder you need to use fire to counteract. Beautiful post!
Thank you. Yes, a prayer like that will bring out the pyromaniac in many.