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.
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
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
study on changing attitudes toward virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
misplaced priorities
Female Virginity: The real test of faith isn't resisting temptation, it's remembering where you put that purity pledge certificate. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
double standards
Female Virginity: The "divine algorithm" is one we're all trying to game. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - theological concepts
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral enforcement
Female Virginity: A life focused on purity is a life spent looking for dust in a sunbeam. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine compliance
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 - gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "divine help desk" is outsourced to a call center in another dimension. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - surveillance culture
Female Virginity: The "purity pretense" is the lie we tell ourselves to get through the day. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious virginity
Female Virginity: A small town doesn't need social media; it has a fully operational, organic, and brutally efficient version already installed. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG