Almighty She

The United States undeniably perpetuates the ultimate images of Western civilization idolatry.

While Christianity advocates the worship of one individual God, capitalism advocates the worship of the individual. The nation was founded on Christianity, adheres to it in holiday free time (i.e. no one gets obligatory time off for Hanukkah or Kwanzaa), subliminally pushes its values (i.e. abstinence before marriage, and marriage in general), and continues to claim it in the face of any other religious practice in regard to its countrymen. Every moral issue on the ballot is decided by how much one is affected by Christian teachings.

But as John Stuart Mill said, to be born a Churchman in London is to be born a Buddhist in Peking.

Our country has sewn a a regional patriarchy with threads of religion.

The main women within the Holy Bible are as follows: Eve, Mary, and Mary Magdalene.

Eve: The first woman. She was created for a man, from a man. The only difference: she messed stuff up, and he didn’t. Eve came to represent the chewer of the forbidden fruit, now having to bear the fruit because of her gained intelligence.

Mary: The mother of Christ, and the most worshipped, treasured and prayed to woman of Christianity. Mary was a virgin when she gave birth. Therefore, our society puts the most pride in a woman who is a virgin and can procreate. Mary is the idyllic image of woman; she is PURE, YOUNG, INNOCENT–she is taken pity on by a big, warm God. She gives birth to a White man who saves the world.

Mary Magdalene: the bad Mary, the whore. She can only be saved by the touch of a White man and by his forgiveness, to which she will become pure, innocent, idyllic.

What does this say about the U.S. regional patriarchy? If the country is founded on the teachings of men, interpreted by the teachings of men, it shall be preyed upon by men. The “Mary”s simply do not exist. No virgin will ever give birth, and no whore will be saved by anyone, because she most likely is not a whore.

Eve is the only genuinely acclaimed representative of the current American woman: being banished from the White man’s paradise, being forbidden because of desire for intelligence, and giving birth to sons who would sooner kill one another than recognize that they themselves will teach, interpret, and prey (not pray) until her own demise.

Capitalism is the individual man; Christianity is the individual God.

A proposition to western civilization: include women in “individual”’s definition.