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.
Female Virginity - divine accounting
Female Virginity: The obsession with virginity is like a fire department that only worries about the matches and ignores the arsonists. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural differences
Female Virginity: The value of virginity is a social construct, and like all constructs, it's looking a bit shaky these days. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
compliance rates
Female Virginity: The angelic choir is probably just the hold music for the celestial waiting room. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural values
Female Virginity: The "divine detective" must have the world's most confusing case file. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Divine Paradox of Virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine help desk" is outsourced to a call center in another dimension. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity culture
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that women haven't collectively invoiced the patriarchy for millennia of unpaid emotional and spiritual labor. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - theological concepts
Female Virginity: The "oath of purity" is the one we cross our fingers behind our backs while taking. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religion and Virginity
Female Virginity: It's telling that no world religion has ever started a "Purity Ball" for boys and their fathers. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
spiritual audit
Female Virginity: For every sacred text, there is a footnote written in the margin by a skeptic with a good point. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - traditional values
Female Virginity: Urban life is just a series of clever alibis waiting to be deployed. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG