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 - double standards
Female Virginity: The "sinful stalemate" is the standoff between our desires and our duties. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral value
Female Virginity: The only thing waiting for us in the afterlife is a divine auditor with too much time on his hands. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine accounting
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
Virginity as Currency
Female Virginity: The smartphone didn't just create new ways to sin; it created new ways to document and share the sinning. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "moral masquerade" is the ball where no one knows anyone's true identity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - technology vs tradition
Female Virginity: The "divine dowse" is the attempt to find moral clarity with a forked stick. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Male Virginity Exception
Female Virginity: The "sacred satire" is the genre of human existence. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious doctrines on virginity
Female Virginity: These programs are the educational equivalent of trying to put out a fire by reading it a poem about water. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
Female Virginity: The "digital panopticon" that religious parents try to build will always be outsmarted by a teenager with a second, secret Instagram account. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
male virginity exception
Female Virginity: Male virginity is treated less like a moral failing and more like a quirky hobby. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG