The team that was supposed to make an inventory of the treasures stored in one of the cellars of the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple in Thiruvananthapuram was prevented today (20 Sep) from executing its job simply because there were women in it. When some members of the team pointed out that the earlier inventory was also done by a team consisting of women, they were told curtly that it was a serious mistake and the purification rituals would be carried out soon. Why are women impure? Most religions have considered women as the source of much evil. The very beginning of the Bible shows Eve as the cause of man’s Fall . Neither Judaism which gave birth to the Old Testament nor Christianity which adopted the Old Testament as part of its sacred scriptures has ever given women equality with men. For example, there are no women priests in both religions. The most telling verdict on women was passed by one of the Catholic theologians, Tertullian (160-220). He said, “Do you
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