Ugh, I know. Radical feminists are so frustrating. The transmisogyny. The reification of the gender binary. Saying bullshit like "bisexual women are AVAILABLE to men" (wtf). The fact that they will harass/out/endanger trans women. The lack of intersectionality, which leads to racism, classism, ableism etc. And they take away a great title and make it terrible! My feminism IS radical, but it is not... radical feminism. Because fuck that bullshit, am I right? What kind of feminism throws so many women under the bus? ... wait, you're not talking about that kind of radical feminism, are you? *checks your tumblr* OH MY GOD YOU'RE ARGUING THAT HOMOPHOBIA IS OKAY BECAUSE ALL OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM IS STRAIGHT AND ALL WOMEN LOVE BEING CALLED HOT SO CATCALLING IS OKAY

You are AMAZING. 

Just AMAZING. 

I am going to be one. There are cops out there who think they have all the power in the world to do whatever they want just because they have a fucking uniform and a damn badge on. While there are other cops, who are very understandable, know their morals, and not to do anything to causes their name and their department a embarrassment. 

I've seen a lot of videos on youtube where people's rights are being violate by the officer everyday and on top of that some officers doesn't know anything about their own state law. Then there are people who do things that our law let us do (ex. Open carry) , still get in trouble for doing it. 

"Ralph says that if you look at the Bible's allegedly antigay passages in historical context, they aren't antigay at all. They are actually anti-abuse, or anti-paganism. Consider the famous Leviticus passage, 'You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination.' In biblical times, there was no parity between men and women. Women and children were just a little bit above slaves. To lie with a man like a woman was to disgrace him. It's what soldiers did to their conquered enemies; they raped them."

--A.J. Jacobs, The Year Of Living Biblically

This makes so much sense, and again reinforces the need to examine the bible from a modern, not fundamental context. Something else Jacobs covers is an individual's perception that because God is all knowing, God does not listen to His people. He takes advice--I know I will face much criticism for this, but I completely agree with what Steven Greenberg says--

"God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read holy texts in new ways." 

Many Christians I have spoken with--particularly evangelical fundamentalist ones--have told me that "because it's in the bible, it's true." Using this as a source is useless--it's like going to an art gallery and assuming you know exactly what was going through the artist's mind when he painted the painting. We don't know why artists do some things, but we understand the big general picture. It's the exact same with the bible--Christ does not talk about abortion, racism, rape, stem cell research, or the death penalty. How are we to assume that we know what He thinks about these issues? Those who assume and study the bible fundamentally are missing a critical idea--by reading the bible based on their assumptions, they are no different than you or I when it comes to interpreting passages. We, again, were not around when the bible was written, so all of our assumptions regarding what Christ was trying to say are quite susceptible to being false. As Homebrewed Christianity writer Bo Sanders says,

You can't verbalize how things are--which is a result of the way things have been--as proof that this is how it should be.

A friend of mine was debating with me about a woman being submissive in marriage. She said that she always was submissive to her husband, because it was in the bible. She also claims that the bible says men have sinful lustful thoughts, and that their wives must keep them from temptation--which was why she went into a hairdresser's salon to make sure all the stylists were dressed appropriately. Her reasoning was that this was what the bible told her to do, so she would do it and that the Word of God was not to be challenged. I disagree with her completely, and because I'm FINALLY reading A.J. Jacobs' book "The Year Of Living Bibilically" I will use one of his examples. 

"God is an artist who is constantly revising his masterpiece. Sometimes He nearly erases his whole work, as with the great flood. Other times, He listens to what humans say. Moses, for instance, argues with God and convinces him to spare the lives of the complaining Israelites. 'It sounds strange to say it,' the rabbi says, 'but in the bible, God is on a learning curve. Never blame a text from the bible for your behavior. It's irresponsible. Anybody who says X, Y, and Z is in the bible--it's as if one says, 'I have no role in evaluating this.' "