Print Friendly Dear Frank, I am a former Christian homeschooling mother of seven who finally walked away from fundamentalism after our radical extremism drove my oldest daughter to attempt suicide ~ and I would like to help you spread your message and sell your books. In bible college, your father was my absolute hero ~ I read all of his books and was determined to study Christian apologetics until I could defend my faith as skillfully as Francis Schaeffer! However, as the years went by, fundamentalist “family values” put me in my place as a woman Full post …
Patriarchy Across Cultures: I Will Lay Me Down
Print Friendlyby Tapati Radha and Krishna My 18th birthday came and went in December. We didn’t celebrate birthdays, although I’d made a cake for Mike’s birthday in September. I was disappointed that he did nothing for mine. I was used to celebrating it every year in some way. I began to talk about having a baby. It seemed like many of the women were having babies in New Dwaraka and the more time I spent with moms, the more I wanted a baby of my own. While there was no expectation that we would have Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: Please do not refer to homosexuals as “gay”
Print Friendly Warning: If you are a sensitive individual ~ possibly prone to PTSD reactions ~ please be aware that this particular edition of my “Tour de Crap” will likely trip your trigger. It’s a choice piece to be sure ~ and timely too, in light of all the ruckus over the Conservative Bible Project’s determination to eliminate liberal/progressive bias from the bible. That’s right, not even the bible itself is conservative enough for True Believers ™. I understand the mentality ~ BTDT, wrote the following column for our “pro-life, pro-family” newspaper back when my head Full post …
Patriarchy Across Cultures: I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Print Friendlyby Tapati Kiss me once again Don’t you never, never, never say that we we’re through Cause I ain’t never, I ain’t never I ain’t never, no, no, loved a man The way that I, I love you –Ronnie Shannon (sung by Aretha Franklin) Sri Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadhish Once we arrived at my mom’s apartment, our relationship was on fast forward. We spent a few weeks together every waking moment, with my mom at work and the run of the place. We cooked together, with Mike teaching me a lot about Indian cooking. He’d been Full post …
NLQ FAQ: Quiverfull and the Bible
Print Friendly by Kristen Rosser ~ aka: KR Wordgazer Q: The Quiverful philosophy is based on a literal interpretation of Scripture which takes God at His Word. Are you suggesting that the Bible should not be taken seriously? Please consider this question in light of this modern-day parable: A certain company had been in business for 100 years. The founder of this company, before he retired, had written a letter to all employees, and had asked that this letter be read aloud every year, at the time of the annual picnic, so that all employees Full post …
Biblical sexism tops “Ten worst verses in the Bible”
Print FriendlyI do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. (1 Timothy 2:12) by Vyckie Recently, I came across a “Ship of Fools” video which invited people to submit their nominations for the “Ten worst verses of the Bible” At first, I assumed that Ship of Fools must be an atheist website holding this “Worst Verse” contest as a way to raise awareness of some of the horrific messages contained in the pages of the Christian scriptures. My assumption was based mainly on the website’s Full post …
No choices of my own
Print Friendlyby Erika My sister and I in the winter of 1991-1992, the year we started homeschooling It wasn’t long before my parents got really frustrated with the church in town and wanted something different. My father told the pastor that we would be going down to the church in Bellows Falls (run by John Thompson) but would still come to services here and there at the church in town. The pastor felt frustrated at the time, too, so he gave my parents his blessing to attend this other church. I remember when the people Full post …
Patriarchy Across Cultures: Magic Man
Print Friendlyby Tapati Chicago, Illinois Cold late night so long ago When I was not so strong you know A pretty man came to me Never seen eyes so blue I could not run away It seemed we’d seen each other in a dream It seemed like he knew me He looked right through me –Heart Previously I described how I left the Chicago Hare Krishna temple. I was headed for my friend Suprabha’s apartment. I had her phone number and address written down, and knew which El stop to look for. When I got Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
