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 vs. TikTok
Female Virginity: It's as if the moral universe decided that this one, specific act was the linchpin for all of civilization. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Satirical Commentary on Religious Doctrine
Female Virginity: The serpent in the Garden of Eden was just the beta test for modern peer pressure. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - premarital virginity
Female Virginity: The "moral mission" is an assignment we didn't ask for and can't complete. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
sacred symbols
Female Virginity: The "purity pilgrimage" is a journey to a destination that doesn't exist. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine compliance
Female Virginity: The "purity industrial complex" is a multi-billion dollar industry built on a foundation of anxiety. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral obsession
Female Virginity: The "ethical echo chamber" is where we go to hear our own virtues repeated back to us. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Cultural adaptation of religious virginity
Female Virginity: Divine judgment must be less about a final tally and more about a comprehensive review of intent and context. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
abstinence programs
Female Virginity: The "divine delay" is the time between sin and consequence, which is often a lifetime. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - double standards
Female Virginity: The industry runs on a simple formula: create a problem, then sell the symbolic solution. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious doctrines
Female Virginity: The phrase "God is watching" has been functionally replaced by "I hope my mom isn't checking my phone.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG