Quoting Quiverfull: Protective Culture?

February 5, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Geoffrey Botkin “The Reasons of Optimism, Part 5″ of the Western Conservatory of the Arts & Sciences and Vision Forum – December 22, 2012 What this man understood was that women are impressed by real men who are going about doing what men were created

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A Clever Boy

February 4, 2013 By 7 Comments
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by Jeffrey Witthauer An atheist page asked those of us who were formerly religious to share our stories. This is what I wrote up. I was raised in a cult. I do not use that word lightly. The sign outside the church said “Baptist”, but we were not part of any Baptist convocation. We were [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Paying Debts?

February 4, 2013 By 5 Comments
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“Don’t Pay This Debt” by Nancy Campbell at Above Rubies -  Thursday January 31, 2013 Don’t you hate being in debt? There are always so many bills to pay and you are scrounging from here and there to pay them. I’ve got some good news for you. There is

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Laughter is Good Medicine: Every Sperm is Sacred

February 3, 2013 By 7 Comments
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With so many Quiverfull leaders, conservative law makers, Evangelicals and others wanting to redefine rape, conception parameters, tiny babies in the uterus from birth control and controlling every single aspect of reproductive

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Defining Atheism?

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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From An atheist page on Facebook by Jeffrey Witthauer in response to a critic. Tony – So, let me get this straight. You come to my post where I talk about my past and my childhood, and you become unnecessarily combative over something as ridiculous as a semantic discussion.If you define atheism as “not believing [...]

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