Posted on May 1, 2008 by molleth
I can tell that, to some people, I’m terribly offensive now. I didn’t used to be that way (at least I don’t think). I was in the same trenches they were in. We were on the same side. When my paradigm came crashing in, I suppose it’s fair to say that [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2008 by molleth
10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be “unnatural” for them to do [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by molleth
After the “unsafeness” of the whacko church of my young-adult-met-Jesus days (that is, my Bible College, where I learned so much and yet also learned that the leader was getting cozy with some of the female staff, but with a doctrine of authority similar to the Shepherding Movement’s, we were taught it was more important to the Lord that we not [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2008 by molleth
I guess that means we’re worse than bad? But it was still really nice staying home. We sang some songs, in a casual way, talked a little bit, in a casual way, and ate a lot of candy eggs, in a casual way. (It’s hard not to be casual when you have a two year old [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by molleth
Those of you familiar with the Botkin sisters and Vision Forum will be aquainted with the idea that a daughter is supposed to be practicing her “helpmate” skills on her father. These groups believe that women are in the submissive position in a God-ordained heirarchy: the husband is prophet, priest and king of the house, [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by molleth
I should have clarified in my recent post that I believe that there are a GREAT variety of ghettos, and that within Christendom as well as every other area touched by humans. I believe that because I’m a full believer in the “sheepness” of humanity (and loved Mein Kampf for that reason: the guy was a SICKO, [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2007 by molleth
The results of this little theological worldview test* are especially funny considering I used to write scathing posts against postmodernism, and am now scoring as 79% emergent/postmodern (second was 72% neo-orthodox)…
The even funnier part is that while writing, I had no clue what postmodernism actually was, not to mention modernism. It was just a fun buzzword to use, [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2007 by molleth
My guest author today is Cynthia Clack from A Life Profound. A mom of NINE (yeah, baby, you read that right!), she’s “been there, done that” and lived to talk about it. Her words resonate deeply with me. Cynthia and aaaalll her family (plus her step-mom, seated) are pictured below (being their goofy selves -HA- click [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2007 by molleth
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
~ Bertrand Russell, “Ideas that Have Harmed Mankind,” Unpopular Essays, 1951
Now I assume my Saturday Night Live pose and say, with my best Jewish mama voice, “Discuss.”
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Posted on December 16, 2007 by molleth
I want to explore the Performance Mentality when it comes to child-rearing. (It’s applicable in matters of faith, too, in the way that everything tends to be rather inter-connected, life only being categorized with terms and charts when it is pulled out of the 3-D context and stretched, kicking and screaming, onto a piece of paper or [...]
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