Comments for The Redheaded Skeptic

Comment on How Focus on the Family Ruined Mine: What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women by Ahab

Ahab — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:34 +0000

Fundamentalism’s simplistic, one-size-fits-all approach to marriage has caused more harm than many people know. Kudos for seeing the light and escaping!

For what it’s worth, Kirk Cameron (:: grimaces ::) spoke in Hagerstown, MD a few days ago, and his marriage advice was every bit as simplistic and unhealthy as the fundie model you described.

http://republic-of-gilead.blogspot.com/2010/09/kirk-cameron-speaks-in-hagerstown-md_05.html

Comment on Ahhhhh. by Åsa Heuser

Åsa Heuser — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:58:29 +0000

Computer games, or video games, give you an escape from reality which you sometimes really need. I have also played a lot, it feels good.

Comment on An Ending by Lorena

Lorena — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:33:29 +0000

OMG!

Right there with you. Yeah you need the separation but it hurts too.
I have no words of wisdom, but I trust yours. You go, woman.

Comment on An Ending by theagnosticswife

theagnosticswife — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:31:10 +0000

I’m sorry about your parents. I know what it’s like to desperately want a relationship with your mom and not getting what you are needing. My mom and I still talk, but we share no secrets. We mostly just talk like we are acquaintances. I hate that but we don’t get each other and she has no clue about me being and un believer now.

So all that to say I’m sorry and I hope it gets better soon in some way or the other.

Comment on Just When You Thought You Hit Rock Bottom . . . by A Different Steven

A Different Steven — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:32:18 +0000

“Bad love, heartaches, losing but too tired to fight
But if you take care of someone who loves you
Then everything will turn out right”

- from “Smith & Smith”, very cheesy Canadian show from the ’80′s.

Maybe it helps, a little, to laugh at cheesy platitudes when things get rough. There may even be a kernal of truth in them. From what I’ve gathered in your writing there are plenty of people who love you – your daughter, husband, and brother for example. I’m sure that they depend on you to help take care of them, so maybe they can help take care of you and things will turn out right (or less wrong, anyway). I prescribe some Spider Robinson – a writer who knows a thing or two about hope.

Comment on Home, Sweet Home by Home Sweet Home « Paul E. Scott

Home Sweet Home « Paul E. Scott — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:02:03 +0000

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Comment on Jesus Really Does Save! by CycleNinja

CycleNinja — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:43:07 +0000

Jesus saves, but Gretzky scores on the rebound. Yes, I’m a hockey fan

Comment on Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Serene

Serene — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:52:18 +0000

I do not think Abortion should be performed at all on a child that has a chance of survival once it is removed from the womb (ie, from 23 weeks). I do not believe in abortion as a lifestyle choice in the case of accidental pregnancy. But, I am not so shallow and righteous to put down those women that DO choose this.

I do however see it as a medical procedure, and believe that is has its place. Children who will suffer when born due to severe illness/malformation; a mother who is too ill to survive a pregnancy; a child produced of rape. I see these as reasons not to say “yes you should terminate”, but as reasons that I would see fit to consider a termination. I am neither pro-choice nor pro-life in the extreme sense, but I believe we were all created with purpose, and we ALL deserve a chance at life.

The country I live in has a shortage of children available for adoption, so here it would be feasible to encourage women to carry to term then adopt. Medical care is free, and so many lives would be improved, even SAVED by it. I see no difference (financially, for the purpose of Medicare) in Miss X carrying then keeping the baby and Miss X carrying and passing the baby to Mrs Y. Both will require prenatal care on one woman, and (perhaps) parenting payment on one woman.

It still astounds me that people think of a foetus as a status symbol, to create when you want, but toss away if it doesnt fit right then and there. I had my son at 15 and shudder to think of terminating my pregnancy with him. It would have been KILLING him. Thats how I see it. He was healthy, I was healthy.

Just a hereto, he is now almost 11 and has 2 sisters too.

Comment on Scattered Thoughts by CycleNinja

CycleNinja — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:42:33 +0000

I actually enjoyed the rant. But it’s usually more satisfying to say it to the intended targets–who will be completely unmoved. Maybe you’re right…not worth the space.

Comment on Scattered Thoughts by Ahab

Ahab — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:19:29 +0000

I enjoyed both of these immensly, especially the video that unpacked Pascal’s Wager. Very engaging!