Quotes of Mary Daly - somelinesforyou

“ The word ‘sin’ is derived from the IndoEuropean root ‘es,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'. ”

- Mary Daly

“ The word ‘sin’ is derived from the IndoEuropean root ‘es,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'. ”

- Mary Daly

“ We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. One does not rape a sister. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Women have the power of naming stolen from us. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. ”

- Mary Daly

“ If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination. ”

- Mary Daly

“ A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Proteomics offers significant hope as a cancer diagnostic tool, but while the earlier study appears promising, the results must be validated. To do this, we'll begin studying proteomics using blood from women who have had ovarian cancer to see if we can identify a specific protein pattern in those women whose cancers may later recur. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. ”

- Mary Daly

“ 'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil. ”

- Mary Daly

“ A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination. ”

- Mary Daly

“ It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God. ”

- Mary Daly

“ I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Women have the power of naming stolen from us. ”

- Mary Daly

“ What the women do is become caretakers for the men. In those circumstances, I decided, and many others have, that there's a reality called women's space. There has to be a separate space for women. ”

- Mary Daly

“ If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Why indeed must "God" be a noun? Why not a verb — the most active and dynamic of all. ”

- Mary Daly

“ A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Work is a substitute "religious" experience for many workaholics. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Why indeed must "God" be a noun? Why not a verb — the most active and dynamic of all. ”

- Mary Daly

“ Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all. ”

- Mary Daly

“ I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. ”

- Mary Daly
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