But Bruce, Don’t Women CHOOSE to Stay in Fundamentalism?
by Bruce Gerencser It’s not that simple. We all tend to think it is just a matter of choice or an act of the will when we see people enmeshed in Fundamentalist religions or bizarre ideologies that we have no personal experience with. … [Read More...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Combating Pornography?
by Vaughn Ohlman of Persevero News So the worldly social reformer is faced with trying to tell the women themselves not to act in demeaning ways. But let’s face it, they aren’t preaching to the choir. Like the issue of gun control it is the very people they want to reach that won’t be listening. … [Read More...]
The Supposed Myth of Teenaged Adolescence
by Samantha I’ve talked a lot about the fundamentalist cult I was raised in, but something I don’t very frequently talk about here is my experience with the conservative religious homeschooling movement. For many people, the conservative religious homeschooling movement … [Read More...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Laboring Not in Vain?
by Michelle Kauenhofen of Above Rubies Womens Daily Devotionals DEAR FELLOW MOTHER, When you feel worn out, exhausted, taken advantage of, under appreciated and not acknowledged, remember this. … [Read More...]
This is NOT Homeschooling: Is HSLDA Part of a “Bible-Based Cult”?
by Heather Doney This may be the most important and most scary post on homeschooling that I have ever written. It feels like something out of a Margaret Atwood novel and I am numb as I write this, so please bear with me. The title of this post is not rhetorical. It is a question I am actively pondering at the moment. … [Read More...]
Quoting Quiverfull: True Love Waits is Satanic?
by Vaughn Ohlman from Perservero News A friend passed me on a link to an incredibly popular post on marriage… knowing that I write on such things. And I read it, and wanted to cry (It’s Ok. I didn’t actually cry. … [Read More...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Homeschooling Videos?
by Blimey Cow on Youtube Not sure if these videos are supposed to be serious or comical but someone knows way too much about homeschooling. What do you think? … [Read More...]
CTBHHM: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
by Libby Anne Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 57-58 As I’ve been making my way through Debi’s Created To Be His Help Meet, one question I’ve gotten from readers pretty regularly is “why do women buy into this?” … [Read More...]
Quoting Quiverfull: A Loving God Brings Cancer to Show the Condition of the Heart?
by Jay Younts from Shepherds Press. God has chosen to display his faithfulness in the form of cancer in the life of my wife, Ruth. In God’s gracious plan for Ruth, three years ago he brought the most lethal type of brain cancer Into her life – Glioblastoma Multiforme. … [Read More...]
Adoptees: Human and Animal
by Calulu A few weekends ago Vyckie forwarded to me a link from Mother Jones magazine involving a book written by Kathryn Joyce. Her new book is about the adopt craze among the evangelical churches and is titled "The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption" … [Read More...]
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