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Good religion needs to support a strong society (and also a good society of course). Because if the society is weak and breaks down then it is easy for evil to take over. A strong society is one that 'hangs together' with a common identity and compatible customs. It is one where people have a knowledge and attachment to the cultural wisdom that has been developed in their society. Some modern religious leaders don't seem to be interested in whether the society hangs together at all. They are opening the path to much greater evil in society than we have seen in recent times. Perhaps we can say: Masculine values are for order - for good order in a territory, for the good order of society as a whole. Feminine values are to protect and nurture individuals - especially those seen like children as weak and needy. We need both kinds of values but they need to be properly balanced. In Zorochristianity thay are represented by Mithras and Anhita, perhaps echoing Archangel Michael and the Virgin Mary. Maybe a Zorochristian or Mithraic church could have both male and female head-priests.They could represent masculine and feminine values respectively. In Mithraism they could be the heads of separate male and female fire ritual cults. |