Rethinking Birth Control & Abortion

October 31, 2012 By 4 Comments
prolife

by Calulu A few days ago our Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network member Libby Anne of Love, Joy, Feminism wrote a compelling post called ‘How I Lost Faith in the “Pro Life” Movement‘. She laid out how she’d gone from a staunch member of the Pro Life movement to a Progressive Pro Choice position over [...]

Filed Under: 40 Days to Save America - Rick Scarborough, A Woman's Choice, Above Rubies (Nancy Campbell), Abstinence, Advance Training Institute (ATI) / Institution for Basic Life Principles (IBLP) (Bill Gothard), American Family Association (Don Wildmon), Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Birth Control, Bold Christian Living (Jonathan Lindvall), Boundaries, Bounded Choice, Christian Moms of Many Blessings, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Confession, Control, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Elitism, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Fear tactics, Focus On The Family (James Dobson / Jim Daly), Formulaic Religion, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Group Think, Hot Topics, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches (IFB), Issues, Judgementalism, Ladies Against Feminism by Mrs. Lydia Sherman and Mrs. Jennie Chancey, Legalism, Like-Minded Fellowship, Love, Joy, Feminism (Libby Anne), Maintaining Appearances, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Maternal Martyr, Mental / Emotional Health, Militant Fecundity, Motherhood, Mutuality, Natural Family Planning, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No Greater Joy (Michael & Debi Pearl), No Vaccinations For Children, Operation Rescue - Randall Terry, Operation Save America - Flip Benham, Overpopulation / Demographic Winter, Personal Autonomy, Pro-Life, Purity, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Discernment Websites, Quiverfull in politics, Quiverfull in the News, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Topics, Raised Quiverful - Libby Anne, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Righteousness, Sexuality, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Todd Akin, Vision Forum (Doug Phillips), Westboro Baptist Church - WBC, Who Was That Masked Man by Calulu Tagged With: , , , , 4 Comments

Proud to be a Tent Peg

October 29, 2012 By 7 Comments
Above Rubies Magazine Proud to be a Tent Peg

By Vyckie Garrison Holy sugar … I should know better than to actually read the Above Rubies magazine from which I have been too lazy to cancel my subscription.  But this morning I couldn’t resist skimming through the pages to catch up on Colin & Nancy Campbell’s ever-growing stockpile of Holy War ammunition … er, [...]

Filed Under: A Woman's Choice, Above Rubies (Nancy Campbell), Accountability, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Birth Control, Botkin Syndrome, Boundaries, Bounded Choice, Christian Modesty, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Control, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Formulaic Religion, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Group Think, Help Meet, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Isolation, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Learned Helplessness, Legalism, Life Stories, Like-Minded Fellowship, Maintaining Appearances, Male Headship, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Maternal Martyr, Meek and Quiet Spirit, Mega-Families, Mental / Emotional Health, Motherhood, Mutuality, Nancy Campbell, Natural Family Planning, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Pro-Life, Proverbs 31 Woman, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Books, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, SASBN, Select Entries, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Separation - Individuation, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Titus 2 Woman, Uncategorized, Vyckie's Posts, Weaker Vessel Tagged With: , , , , 7 Comments

I just don’t like Above Rubies magazine

October 25, 2012 By 14 Comments
Above Rubies Magazine

By Vyckie Garrison My bulk subscription to Above Rubies recently arrived in the mail. Even though I left my Quiverfull beliefs and lifestyle over five years ago, I never bothered to remove myself from Nancy Campbell’s mailing list – so periodically, I still receive five copies of the magazine which claims to be “Strengthening Families Across [...]

Filed Under: A Woman's Choice, Above Rubies (Nancy Campbell), Accountability, Alienation, Any Cause Divorce, Be Fruitful & Multiply / God's Vision for Families by Nancy Campbell, Beautiful Girlhood, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Birth Control, Botkin Syndrome, Boundaries, Bounded Choice, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Control, Covenant Breaking, Divorce & Remarriage, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Father Worship, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Femininity vs Feminism, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Group Think, Help Meet, Homemaking Skills, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Isolation, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Kobayashi Maru ~ The No-Win Scenario, Learned Helplessness, Legalism, Life Stories, Maintaining Appearances, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Marriage Covenant, Maternal Martyr, Meek and Quiet Spirit, Mega-Families, Mental / Emotional Health, Militant Fecundity, Mother's Helper, Motherhood, Mutuality, Nancy Campbell, Natural / Herbal Remedies, Natural Family Planning, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, Overpopulation / Demographic Winter, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Pro-Life, Proverbs 31 Woman, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, SASBN, Select Entries, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Stockholm Syndrome, Submission, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Titus 2 Woman, Trim Healthy Mama by Serene Allison & Pearl Barrett, Uncategorized, Vyckie's Posts, Weaker Vessel Tagged With: , , , , , 14 Comments

Duggar Family Singing on the Campaign Trail of Todd Akin

October 19, 2012 By 5 Comments

Matthew 12:35 “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”  by Calulu  Today some of the more popular media outlets like Buzzfeed, finally picked up on the story that the holier than holy Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar family had started stumping for Todd Akin. They’ve been with Akin and others trying to [...]

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Evangelical Christian Marriage: Hawking the Product

October 18, 2012 By 9 Comments

by Sierra In evangelical Christian culture, marriage is a commodity. Marriage books are sold like gardening manuals or cheat sheets for the SATs. The sales pitch for marriage in Christian culture is more intense than any you’ll ever experience on a used car lot. Christians are made to believe that they’re God’s designated curators of [...]

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