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“He lives century after century, and the test I set for him he has passed.”

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Meera, a renowned Indian poet, was born in 1498 and died in 1557. Her poetry, known for its deep emotion, sincerity, and religious themes, is widely considered one of the greatest poets in the history of Indian literature. more

“She saw every personal religion as a pair of intersecting circles. . . . Probably perfection is reached when the area of the two outer crescents, added together, is exactly equal to that of the leaf-shaped piece in the middle. On paper there must be some neat mathematical formula for arriving at this; in life, none.”

Two Together Religion Women Saws Pieces Middle Equal Paper Areas Perfection Circles Mathematical Pairs Formulas Leafs Neat Arriving Crescent

Author:Jan Struther

“If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?”

Ifs Doe Religion Women Church Teach Office Refuse Sacraments Elders Deacons

Book:The Woman's Bible

Source: The Woman's Bible

“[There is a] depth and urgency of the search of Jewish and Christian women for connection to the Divine, which found expression in more than 1000 years of feminist Bible criticism and religious re-visioning.”

Years Christian Religion Found Women Religious Divine Expression Criticism Connections Depth Feminist Urgency Christian Women

Book:The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-seventy

Source: The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-seventy

“How many brave Men, courageous Women, and innocent Children did I see butcher'd, to do God good Service?. .. I went to the Irish Rebellion, where I saw more than three hundred thousand Souls murder'd in cold Blood.crying, Nits will become Lice, destroy Root and Branch: with a thousand other Barbarities, too tedious as well as too dreadful to repeat, beside what has been transacted abroad.”

“i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right”

Knows Religion Found Women Cards Hallmark Aisle Greetings Greeting Card

Author:Ani DiFranco

“It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven thousand years and over miles of land cutting across national boundaries and vast expanses of sea. Yet it is vital to do just that to fully comprehend the longevity as well as the widespread power and influence this religion once held.”

Years Wells Religion Difficult Women Cutting Sea Influence Land Periods Thousand Paid Seven Extremes Miles Boundaries Significance Reverence Goddess Longevity Thousand Years Immensity Expanse

Author:Merlin Stone

“Organized religion has a part in the evolution of personal religion. It is the material upon which personal religion is grafted, but the process of grafting must be individual. Every human soul must, through thought, prayer, and study, cultivate his [sic] own religion to suit himself.”

Humans Soul Religion Individual Process Women Prayer Study Materials Evolution Suits Organized Human Soul Organized Religion Grafting

Author:Lily Montagu

“Sure there's different roads from this to Dungarvan* - some thinks one road pleasanter, and some think another; wouldn't it be mighty foolish to quarrel for this? - and sure isn't it twice worse to thry to interfere with people for choosing the road they like best to heaven?”

People Thinking Different Religion Heaven Women Foolish Interfere Quarrels Different Roads

Author:Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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