EQUALITY MIGHT NOT BE THE BUZZ WORD AFTER ALL

It has never really occurred to me to view 'worldly' matters in a biblical point of view. Not that am not religious but probably because matters biblical sound 'heaven bound' to worry about the woes marring us on earth.
Enie's posting on inequality or rather equality from point of view of the bible made me think of it a bit critically. The bible in my view does not in any way root for inequality but I also think it recognizes its existence. The fact Jesus appeared in the form of a beggar at the rich man's doorstep is a clear indication of the differences that exist in human nature; inequality might then have existed before humankind or is part of being human.
Looking at religion in today's world, considering the advancement we have attained in the form of civilization, there are still gaps in attaining an equal society so to say. How many women for instance, hold leadership positions in churches, mosques or wherever?
In the case of disabled persons or even those who have less economic endowments, how is religion ensuring that these people live dignified lives? Practically, in my personal view, religion in our times advocate for sympathy rather than equality. Since I subscribe to Christianity, let me highlight these issues based on it as I have a bit of knowledge.
In the Bible, Jesus healed the lepers and ensured that they led a normal life; this is surely a way of ensuring equality. But in our world today it would be unrealistic to try praying for a disabled person to rise up and walk. Anyway for those who believe in miracles, maybe it is possible.
Religious believes are significant in human existence but I tend to believe that it all depends on a person's perception, interpretation and contextualization; is it applicable in my situation or does it work for me?
When I was a child, we used to refer to the disabled as 'abnormal' people. Now I wonder, are they really out of place or just different. Social construction of most of our societies view and treat disability with contempt and prejudice, such that, integrating them into the society freely isn't that easy if we want to think of an equal society. Special schools and other separate facilities exist thus alienating the 'normal' from the 'abnormal'
In my view, if we really want an equal society in terms of disability and otherwise, things have to be naturally in place to facilitate everyone to fit into a society without any extra efforts. For example, all schools should have mixed facilities for both the disabled and the able bodied and so should everything else. Western countries might already be more 'equal' in such regards but Africa is definitely far from this.
Going back to the biblical view, I feel that what Jesus was doing in healing the lepers was just a way of showing concern for them and allowing them a descent living like anybody else. In our case, we should be able to interprate this realistically by using options that give the disabled a chance to lead a normal lives and being able to exploit their potential. Direct relation of what Jesus did in His time maybe the cause of people pursuing miracles instead of providing options fro the disabled.
We probably have in our surroundings disabled persons who are achieving much more than the able bodied in certain endeavors. There is an example of an accomplished guitarist who plays using his feet . A friend also recently told me of a great classical pianist who wrote his tunes after he turned deaf using what he had heard when he had his hearing in place.
Surely, I feel that we shouldn't be killing ourselves pursuing equality when it is apparent, not only as regards disability, that we are all different in a way or the other. Instead, we probably should be pushing for 'dignity' in 'diversity'. Everybody should be able to exist in an enabling environment, where they can advance their ambitions and meet obligations without any extra work or special attention given to them. Otherwise this, in my view, is what perpetrates a sense of inequality.
Societies would need to be naturally integral in all means and ways, such that, anyone born into it fits automatically. In this way we might be able to acknowledge our differences instead of having the sense of inequality.
It is unfortunate that we live in a world where the rule of the majority rules and I really don't know who is to blame for this. This might be the reason why the disabled are discriminated as they form the minority in most cases. Otherwise, one might be tempted to reverse roles and imagine if they formed the majority; this is just a food for thought!