Assemblies of God tends to be “liberal”? If your scale goes from Rushdoony to Falwell, maybe. Read more

The part that cracks me up is that they didn’t want the person drinking “in public.” They’re fine with something they consider immoral, as long as no one knows about it. This one thing told me everything you need to know about that “church”. Read more

We were having problems in our marriage, and were members of a church where you seek spiritual guidance when things happen that affect the family. So he was referred to a leader who was also a psychologist, who said to my husband after my husband commented that we weren’t having sex due to the marital problems: “Women… Read more

Maybe (?) not in those words, but it is a doctrine in some conservative churches that a man can and should make his wife “submit” to sex. Having been raised in such a church, I am not shocked, at all, that he was told that. I am shocked (and proud!) that Brene Brawn had the courage to speak to them about it. Read more

I think what they disliked is that she publicly voiced opinions contrary to that of the church. That’s actually not so crazy. She probably took her husband’s last name and was publicly connected to him, so if you google her husband who is supposed to be a sort of spiritual leader in the school and community as a… Read more

Are you kidding right now? Some people don’t figure out what their calling is right away. That doesn’t mean that they’re terrible people! My dad didn’t find his calling until he was forty-five. That doesn’t mean that he didn’t work his ass off; in fact, he worked for twenty years at a job he hated because he had a… Read more

When they said they would pray for them:

Ah, yes. Hear that? If the husband doesn’t know right from the get go what their life long profession will be* it makes them an awful person!** Read more

That’s true, and I definitely agree with knowing your company culture.
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I don’t see anything wrong with that. Some people go their entire lives and never figure out their true passion. There is no set process, or instruction manual for figuring out what you want to do and how to do it. Read more

So someone deciding to change careers makes them a terrible person? Read more

Earlier this year, I got a tattoo of a honeybee on my collar bone. Because in a beehive, the females lead. The females do the work. And they’re willing to die for the things they believe in. Read more

Wow. Really? So once a parent has children, they aren’t allowed to change careers (or even jobs) at all? I can’t tell if you’re trolling, or you legitimately think that her husband is bad for wanting to become a teacher.
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LOL, but it also symbolizes that if you’re a woman, you don’t get to have direct contact with jeebus, you have to go through your husband. Ah, spiritual abuse... Read more

A friend of mine, who was contemplating divorce so much she actually had the papers drawn up, posted the umbrella image about a year later. All I could do was

When Christian people talk about being persecuted for their faith this behavior is the problem. They are being called out for being racist, sexist, ageist assholes who don’t seem to follow any moral compass besides mean girls. Not for believing in JC. Read more

Ever since someone pointed out it out the last time this image was posted, I can’t get it out of my head:

The best, or at least top 2, of Gawker writers although he rarely makes the main page. Doesn’t let partisan political stuff seep in and always has a lot of facts. You should follow him.
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And you know that even if your kids are well-behaved you’re being judged. Read more