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Should be required reading
This book should be revised (to include the present hostilities between Christians and Muslims) and re-released. It would be unfortunate for our current world leaders not have had the opportunity to read it before they continue with the current questionable efforts toward conflict resolution. The fact that World War III might very well be fought over ancient mythologies and superstitions (Christianity, Judiasm, Islam) would be very clear to those fortunate enough to be able to appreciate the content of "The Skeptical Feminist"

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tedious
I found this book used, and am glad I didn't pay full price for it.

First, most of it is Christian bashing, pointing out errors and fallacies in the Bible. If the Goddess movement is to become a religion in its own right, then we must stop basing OUR religion on someone else's. It doesn't matter what Christians believe. If they are comfortable with their religion then it doesn't matter if I may percieve some of the ideas as outdated or childish.

Secondly, she seemed to spend a lot of time recounting arugments she had with "lesser intellects" on the subject of religion, all of which she ultimately won. She's never wrong, nor does she ever admit that she had to change her mind on a subject. The older boy at the dance, the veteran at the college party... all these stories are presented to show how superior her intellect is to any man's.

It is boring to read, and there's not much to the book besides this.

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Guilty of what she accuses
The author, although well educated in the beliefs of pagan/goddess worshiping religions, tends to be guilty of the very things she accuses patriarchal religions of. She states that male-dominated religions (especially Christianity) are responsible for the atrocities committed against women over the past 2-3 thousand years (a true enough fact) but then proceeds to encourage a view so far to the opposite extreme by encouraging a purely feminist/matriarchal worldview that she completely discounts any male contributions are possible unless he is thouroughly rooted in the feminine. Overall, she understands the history of what paganism/ goddess worship is rooted in but completely misses the belief that equal contributions come from both women and men which, when in balance, benefit all of society.