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Post by sargassosea on Nov 4, 2009 15:45:07 GMT -5
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Post by mompom on Nov 4, 2009 16:02:04 GMT -5
Love this! So true.
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Post by redheadedskeptic on Nov 4, 2009 16:53:21 GMT -5
I could have written your post! Except you did it much better than I would have. Nicely put! And I love the ending about how it's the moderates that provide shelter for them. So true. Being conservative is a gateway religion to even more extreme forms of religion.
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Post by Kathryn on Nov 4, 2009 17:54:12 GMT -5
Thank you, I'm glad my post was enjoyed. Um... I really don't know what else to say, and I'm not so great on message boards so... yeah? And one thing that just occurred to me, home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/ that. It's a book, it might explain some things, or coalesce what you already know. It is free online, something like the fourth link down. Um. Again, yeah. Best of luck to you all in the future. I'll be around, lurking.
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Post by mandajanie on Nov 4, 2009 19:40:45 GMT -5
I'm an Aspie too! Go us! At my house it was much the same way. My mom really, really wanted a boy, and I was the third girl in a row. When I was only a few months old she got pregnant with a boy. And my goodness it's amazing how differently she treated (and still treats) us. My brother could do no wrong. He had next to zero chores growing up. I say 'has' because he still lives at home, even though he'll be 26 in a few months. He doesn't know how to run a washing machine or dryer, has never had a job, and took 7 years to get a 4 year degree. Me? I (had to) began cooking and cleaning as soon as I could, including regularly making dinners for my family of 7. I remember being told to babysit him when I was only 4 or 5. And please remember that I'm only 13 months older than him. I, despite being an Aspie, had to graduate college quickly and while holding down a job as well. But I think the differences in how you and I were treated in relation to our brothers can be a good thing, in some ways. I know I'm more mature, responsible and caring than my brother. It's good to keep in mind that good things can come out of bad situations. I say this in encouragement, not to downplay the pain of the past. I can sympathize with you. ::hugs::
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Post by amyrose on Nov 4, 2009 20:26:10 GMT -5
I know that a number of evangelical/fundamentalist/pentecostal churches in our area are beginning to move toward patriarchy.
A former friend of mine left a mega-church in the area when she realized that her young daughters were being taught in Sunday School and other church settings that fathers were the leaders of the household and mothers should be asking permission for everything and never making decisions. That same church, a short time later, fired all females on their paid staff with the exception of an unmarried secretary and a woman paid to supervise the nurseries.
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Post by kisekileia on Nov 6, 2009 10:00:58 GMT -5
I'm Aspie as well. It's nice to see people coming out about that on this forum.
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