Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
sacred texts
Female Virginity: The "purity password" is something we all forget when we need it most. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - digital surveillance
Female Virginity: The "lock and key" analogy is the most telling Freudian slip in the history of moral teaching. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
the battle between abstinence and human nature
Female Virginity: The "celestial spreadsheet" must have more errors than a tax return. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Modern challenges to religious virginity
Female Virginity: The patriarchy somehow convinced women that their greatest asset was something they were supposed to never use. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
abstinence programs
Female Virginity: If religious doctrines were cars, their safety ratings would be based entirely on crash-test dummies that never actually crash. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious theory vs practice
Female Virginity: The "holy horoscope" is vague enough to apply to anyone. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "chastity contract" is one where the fine print is written in hormones. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
generational differences
Female Virginity: The "incognito mode" for the soul is what we call "rationalization.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity in Religion
Female Virginity: Urban life is just a series of clever alibis waiting to be deployed. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Geography of Chastity
Female Virginity: The "operating system" of morality is in desperate need of a security patch. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG