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 - premarital virginity
Female Virginity: God might have given Moses tablets, but He gave this generation TikTok, and the latter is far more influential. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
the battle between abstinence and human nature
Female Virginity: The "grammar" of virtue is something we all mangle from time to time. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity is theoretically sacred, but enforcement mechanisms vary
Female Virginity: The "sinful snicker" is the quiet laugh we have at our own hypocrisy. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
urban compliance
Female Virginity: The "holiness bar" is set at a height that ensures everyone will trip over it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
From Sacred Scrolls to Sephora Sales
Female Virginity: The invention of the smartphone was the single greatest blow to traditional chastity enforcement since the invention of the dark alley. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine compliance
Female Virginity: The "treasure" is locked in a vault, and everyone is given the combination but told never to use it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - sacred vows
Female Virginity: The "holy hitch" is the problem with the plan of salvation that no one can solve. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity and Social Media
Female Virginity: The amount of theological energy spent on virginity is inversely proportional to its actual importance in daily life. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: Religions spent millennia building a vault for a treasure they told one half of the population they possessed and the other half they could ignore. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity pledges
Female Virginity: The "moral march" is a parade where everyone is out of step. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG