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.
satire on religious chastity
Female Virginity: The "sacred subpoena" is the one we can't ignore. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: The purity ring market is the only one where the product's failure is the customer's fault. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
When God Needs Instagram Access
Female Virginity: Nothing makes a teenager want to do something more than being told it will ruin their "purity.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral contradictions
Female Virginity: If God is omniscient, He must have developed a spectacular coping mechanism to deal with the daily disappointment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - urban vs rural compliance
Female Virginity: The most powerful force in the universe isn't gravity; it's the human ability to justify anything. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity rings
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
sacred texts
Female Virginity: The "divine algorithm" is one we're all trying to game. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious enforcement
Female Virginity: The "celestial comedy" is that we think we're the directors, when we're just the actors. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity in the Quran
Female Virginity: The "vow of abstinence" is a promise made in a calm moment to be broken in a storm of passion. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine oversight
Female Virginity: The "virtue costume" is the uniform we put on for special occasions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG