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#1007884
Mihangel apYrs
at 18 we're sending boys off to war, and expect them to be adults. These throwbacks have two ADULTS treated like children and possessions: what universe do they live in?
8/17/2009 2:16:39 PM
#1007887
We have a next to 0 divorce rate
That sounds like a bloody lie to me. Actually, so does the 'purity' thing. I bet the whorehouse in that town does a roaring trade. And why are fundies so against the whole idea of fun? Miserable, repressed, tight-arsed bastards.
Edit: That was me, Nathan the Wise, currently half asleep.
8/17/2009 2:17:36 PM
#1007890
Fizzy
"...and the kids totally buy into this, they are not being forced."
Anytime I read or hear something like that, I automatically assume I'm being lied to.
8/17/2009 2:18:44 PM
#1007891
draco_nite
"not an even number for pairing off"
Lern 2 DP.
8/17/2009 2:18:57 PM
#1007892
Clown
Poe, troll or wishfull thinker/imagination gone too far poster. For my sanity sake.
P. S. What happens if someone moves out of your community?
8/17/2009 2:20:58 PM
#1007893
Doubting Thomas
So, your cult keeps them from really getting to know each other, and that first awkward, wedding-night sexual encounter is what keeps them from ever having a good, meaningful sexual relationship.
Seriously, having to go in front of the whole congregation and announce your plans to date? And then being forced to break up if not engaged in 6 months? And then not even kissing each other until the moment they're married?
I find the 0% divorce rate unbelievable, unless they've brainwashed the women into being totally obedient & submissive to their husbands.
8/17/2009 2:21:08 PM
#1007894
JonnyTruant
"They do everything in group activities... group means 7 or more.. "
I agree! When having sex, groups in odd numbers are far more fun!
8/17/2009 2:21:52 PM
#1007896
Adude
Groups of seven, huh? There's a word I'm thinking of... starts with 'or' and ends with 'gy'...?
8/17/2009 2:23:35 PM
#1007898
Reverend Jeremiah
A next to 0 divorce rate? I wish you were a bit more specific.. because 49% and less is next to 0%.
8/17/2009 2:24:18 PM
#1007899
Adude
Groups of seven, huh? There's a word I'm thinking of... starts with 'or' and ends with 'gy'...?
8/17/2009 2:24:20 PM
#1007900
Thorn
I bet you have a hell of a lot of perpetual virgins.
8/17/2009 2:24:42 PM
#1007904
Painful
Where the hell is that jaw dropping smiley they are so found of on RR... I could use it right now.
6 Months? After 6 months of dating, I barely know the guy's childhood, much less find out that he's an abusive bastard. (Happened to me after a year of dating when we were engaged... I've got permanent health problems and am lucky to be alive.)
8/17/2009 2:27:35 PM
#1007905
BobsOldSocks
Those poor children. I'm sure the Taliban would approve, though.
8/17/2009 2:29:00 PM
#1007906
Clown
Double post. Edit: For some reason, I hate subtle means of control like these more than the hard tough guardian-with-a-stick type. You can't really fight against subtle brainwashing.
8/17/2009 2:31:14 PM
#1007909
EonBlueTriad
Our church practices courtship and this is how we do it:
Replace this line with "HOW NOT TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP:"
8/17/2009 2:34:23 PM
#1007910
RavenWood
I smell bullshit...
8/17/2009 2:34:43 PM
#1007912
mudflappus
In a word . . .Bullshit.
8/17/2009 2:42:02 PM
#1007913
Dale
...next to 0 %?
Liar, liar pants on fire....
8/17/2009 2:42:05 PM
#1007914
Man Called True
"and the kids totally buy into this, they are not being forced."
That's because they don't have a clue it could be any different. Total control and repression can do that.
This is just outright disturbing.
8/17/2009 2:45:02 PM
#1007915
ConCat
... But we home school because public schools indoctrinate children.
8/17/2009 2:47:36 PM
#1007916
Canadiest
"next to 0 divorce rate"
Next to? In what I expect is a relativly new program at the church. How are the divorce rate for the longer married members? (being that its highest amonst fundamentalist Christians even though they're against it)
How can anyone think this is a healthy normal way to find a mate?
8/17/2009 2:49:22 PM
#1007919
LDM
So do they actually show the bloody sheets like they did in ancient times (and still do in some cultures), or are you just taking their word for it? I lied to my parents about still being a virgin, and even though they suspected (rightfully) otherwise, they just lived in denial about the whole thing. Kind of like you.
As for buying into it, yeah right. Kids are going to say anything to get their parents off their backs.
Almost every girl I know who got knocked up in high school came from a religious family. And most of those from the stricter ones.
8/17/2009 2:55:51 PM
#1007920
Efrain
Adult chaperoned orgies then? :D
8/17/2009 2:56:43 PM
#1007921
Jade
Goddammit, I forgot to turn my time machine off and woke up in the 1500's, AGAIN!
8/17/2009 2:57:51 PM
#1007923
jsonitsac
Of course you have such a high "success" rate, it is a cult.
8/17/2009 3:02:24 PM
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