Post by ismist on Apr 22, 2009 20:23:09 GMT -5
I've been slow to post an intro, because I wasn't sure how I wanted to present myself.
I think the important parts of me to this community are that I am someone very interested in self-awareness and growth, and how those things intersect with what we believe.
I myself believe that there is no person, thing, or idea external to the individual that has the right to dictate what truth is for that individual. I utterly reject fundamentalism, and I have a hard time with unquestioned beliefs of any kind, including those that fall outside the standard boundaries of faith or religion.
My interest in Vyckie's and Laura's story came first from a fascination with the surreal nature of QF/P. It's so alien to my personal experience as a liberal, hippie-raised native Californian, that their lives and those of some of the other people here sound like something in a fantasy story. I admit to a certain voyeuristic impulse.
But I keep coming back because of my interest in watching that process of analysis. The idea of accepting someone else's ideas about God, womanhood, child rearing, etc. ad nauseum is so completely counter to who I am that I'm finding it very instructional to see inside the thoughts of people who did accept authority in this way.
I hope to not only see where these women end up now that they are trusting themselves to guide their paths, but also to see where my own life could benefit from the lessons they've learned.
I think the important parts of me to this community are that I am someone very interested in self-awareness and growth, and how those things intersect with what we believe.
I myself believe that there is no person, thing, or idea external to the individual that has the right to dictate what truth is for that individual. I utterly reject fundamentalism, and I have a hard time with unquestioned beliefs of any kind, including those that fall outside the standard boundaries of faith or religion.
My interest in Vyckie's and Laura's story came first from a fascination with the surreal nature of QF/P. It's so alien to my personal experience as a liberal, hippie-raised native Californian, that their lives and those of some of the other people here sound like something in a fantasy story. I admit to a certain voyeuristic impulse.
But I keep coming back because of my interest in watching that process of analysis. The idea of accepting someone else's ideas about God, womanhood, child rearing, etc. ad nauseum is so completely counter to who I am that I'm finding it very instructional to see inside the thoughts of people who did accept authority in this way.
I hope to not only see where these women end up now that they are trusting themselves to guide their paths, but also to see where my own life could benefit from the lessons they've learned.
