History

Birth Control Movement Effects of Multiple Births In a study by the University of Texas, they found women who have four or more children double their risk of heart disease. The body carries lasting effects of pregnancy. Doctors warn that as the number of births increases, so does the potential harm to the mother – and the child. Doctors worry these women may bleed to death after delivery or lose the child due to the damage done by multiple previous pregnancies. Contraception as a Sin Contraception was considered a sin by the Catholic Church. In the early 20th century, Catholic Irish and Catholic Italians swept into New England. The Pope and Catholic doctrine teaches that sex was created by God for the purposes of having children. They argued that contraception is unnatural and immoral. In the bible of a man named Onan who, when asked to impregnate his dead brothers wife, doesn't and gets struck down dead by God. Most Catholics therefore didn't take precautions

1869 - Women's Rights Movement Splits Society at the time, was more willing to accept black men voting than allowing even white wealthy, educated women to vote. If all free men were created equal, then it stood to reason that freed male slaves should be able to vote. However, the established equality of men said nothing for the place of women in American society. When black men pushed to get their own vote, it was more popular with the public than a woman's right to vote. This caused a split within the women's right movement. Some believed that voting rights shouldn't be partially given to anyone but should be given to every adult. Therefore, they refused to support black men getting the vote because it didn't also include voting rights for women. Some simply opposed black men getting the vote because it didn't also include women. However, some did oppose it for racist reasons. Some women, including the revered Susan B Anthony made offensive commen

Traditional Role of Women in History Throughout history and even by some today, women are considered less valuable than men. Women have been historically been treated as property. Unable to disagree or disobey the men in their life. During tribal times, a man's daughter was given to someone as a wife in order to provide some advantage to their family. Peace could be made with enemies, by giving their tribesmember your daughter. Ties with allies could be made stronger. And the respect of a family could grow if their daughter were married to someone respected. Women therefore were useful and of value to their fathers for this reason. Young women were much more valuable if they were virgins. Non-virgins were and to many even today, considered used goods and less valuable. And therefore had hurt their families. Deuteronomy 22 13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her 14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, b

Normandy, a Catholic Inquisititor was carrying out a witchhunt in 1459. When a mentally ill woman was accused of being a witch, the inquisititor proceeded to torture her. She was accused of kissing a demon and flying on a broomstick. Under torture she admitted to it all. She also named other witches. The Inquisititor presented the confession to his church leaders who in turn reccomended leniency. The Inquisititor wasn't satisfied with this and took matters into his own hands. He had the four women named as witches under torture arrested. Then he had them burned at the stake with help from city officials. Crowds of people came to celebrate the victory over the devil's servants.  In turn, these accused witches had accused other witches and the Inquisititor set about rounding them up. Some of the  wealthy accused were able to buy their freedom . Wealthy and powerful people were able to avoid and deny charges. When someone close to them, their mother, daughter, wife or

Salem Witch Trials (1692-1693) (Scapegoat/common enemy) https://youtu.be/zrzMhU_4m-g Monty Python – She’s a Witch! 17th Century Massachusetts was full of superstitions and fears. The Puritan Pilgrims hoped to be “A Shining City on a Hill” and set a great example for all who saw them. Therefore, they lived strict, reserved, and pious lives. For 22 years, they banned the celebration of Christmas through the Massachusetts Bay colony. They believed that it wasn’t biblical and an influence of other false religions. Within the Puritan community, religious belief was that some people were chosen by God. These people were known as “the Elect”. They were the holiest people who were most active in the church. And then there were the people who God had not chosen, known as the Reprobate. Despite the desire to create a perfect society that’s an example to others: Salem villagers argued with each other over property lines, grazing rights and church privileges. One of the hot topics of t

In 1487, German Catholic Clergyman Heinrich Kramer published a book on witchcraft. The book was called Malleus Maleficarum in Latin. That’s Witch’s Hammer in English. In the book, it warned of a secret demonic conspiracy against the Christians of the land. The Malleus Maleficarum was the most detailed, exhaustive, and authoritative book ever written on witchcraft. It states that the belief in witches is such an essential part of the Catholic faith that to doubt the existence of witches is an act of heresy.” The book goes on to say that “by nature woman is lower than man, is naturally unclean, given to lust and recklessness, and is easily seduced by the Devil into sexual waywardness. Was it not the woman, not the man, who was seduced by Satan and took the first bite of the forbidden fruit? Woman is from man, having been made from Adam's rib. Now that rib, being one of the lesser bones of the body, was from the lower portion of the rib cage, and, furthermore, a rib is not

Even with popular option being behind the Witch Hunter, Matthew Hopkins, Not everyone believed in witches. One such man was the King's doctor, William Harvey. Harvey was a man who thought differently to others at the time. He had been born into a wealthy family and studied medicine in Padua, Italy. It was the best college in Europe at the time and Galileo was the professor of mathematics.  https://youtu.be/w6q50_qNMoA William Harvey Blood!   At the time people believed in thousand year old writings of a Roman doctor name Galen. He believed that the liver made blood and pushed it out to the organs where it was used up. The liver was the center of veins and arteries and the lungs pushed everything around the body. The heart was believed to be the life-force of the body and was like a furnace, warming the body. That's why age-old phrases exist such as follow your heart, heart of stone, half-hearted and heart on your sleeves. It was believed that blood went

Witches in the King James Bible They also used the bible as evidence that witches exist. Witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28) - God's chosen Israelite King, Saul was afraid of a coming war. He prayed to God but hear nothing because God was angry that he didn’t kill everything and everyone in the nation of the Amalekites as he was commanded. (1 Samuel 15) So Saul instead sought the prophesy of a well-known witch. He had previously upheld the banishment of witches and wizards but was now desperate to know what his future held. So, in disguise, Saul went to visit the witch. He asked her, “I beg you, conjuror up the spirit of a dead person for me.” The witch, not knowing it was Saul who was asking, said, “You know King Saul has exiled all the witches and wizards out of Israel. Do you want to get me killed?” and Saul swore by God that she would not get punished. So the witch asked, “Who shall I raise from the dead?” and Saul asked, “Raise up the prophet Samuel.” So the witch raised