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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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statement that a developing “femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality” <strong>is</strong> observed.Sanger criticized Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity and the teachings of the apostles. 19 Sheclaimed when the “feminine spirit” flour<strong>is</strong>hes within women theywill “demol<strong>is</strong>h old systems of morals” and “Dark Age religiousconcepts.” 20 Sanger believed a new morality created by the “femininespirit” would take the place of tradition. 21Thinking much the same, Stanton concluded women areoppressed by Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity, “The real difficulty in woman’s case <strong>is</strong>that the whole foundation of the Chr<strong>is</strong>tian religion rests on . . . thenecessity of a Redeemer and a plan of salvation.” 22 As part of anattempt to address th<strong>is</strong> “difficulty,” Stanton taught a concept of the19Ibid., 173­174.20Ibid., 70.21Ibid., 182.22Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Appendix” in The Woman’s Bible, ElizabethCady Stanton and the Rev<strong>is</strong>ing Committee, 213­214 (New York:European Publ<strong>is</strong>hing Company, 1898), http://www.sacredtexts.com/wmn/wb/,also available in print.41

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