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Post by Sandafluffoid on Mar 14, 2009 13:57:39 GMT -5
Actually its a pretty decent way to sell evangelicalism to College students, tell them they get sex if they do what you say. Of course it doesn't work if they aren't scared of offending God. I remember when I was ten we had a preacher telling us about how we could be forgiven our sins if we joined theri religion and prayed, "Aren't you just bribing people to join your religion by telling them they can do whatever they want and then pray?" was my response. I think it kind of works here too.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 14, 2009 14:38:07 GMT -5
Clearly, the suggested solution for having trouble controlling your sexual urges SHOULD have been to pray that your libido will just disappear. Fuck that. I'm praying God will give me the stamina to keep up with my libido!
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Post by cheese007 on Mar 14, 2009 14:49:45 GMT -5
www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/moserMethinks they're trying to out-populate the generally liberal-minded Hispanics and other minorities, because without the far-right white population, they'll lose the south.
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Post by Caitshidhe on Mar 14, 2009 15:25:17 GMT -5
Well, yes--of course the fundies have to out-breed the Brown People! Except that, around here at least, the Hispanic population tends to be more conservative and religiously-minded--anti-choice and anti-gay and have pretty old-fashioned ideas about the role of women. But that might just be in my area.
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Post by mistermuncher on Mar 14, 2009 18:42:29 GMT -5
If I thought the minds behind were smart enough, and I generally don't, I'd nearly see this as a roundabout plot for control. Teach people happiness lies in the church and God, convince them into a situation which will, in a goodly percentage of cases, end in floods of tears. Then, of course, after giving them a good solid kicking when they're down, they can blame themselves, and serve "the Church" more fully. Usually with their wallet.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Mar 14, 2009 21:56:34 GMT -5
Marriage and babymaking at a young age is a faster way to divorces and parting. I've seen it way too many times before.
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Post by szaleniec on Mar 16, 2009 0:35:42 GMT -5
Well, yes--of course the fundies have to out-breed the Brown People! Except that, around here at least, the Hispanic population tends to be more conservative and religiously-minded--anti-choice and anti-gay and have pretty old-fashioned ideas about the role of women. But that might just be in my area. It's probably good old-fashioned racism as much as trying to outnumber political opposition.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 16, 2009 0:39:27 GMT -5
I think the worst part is how overpopulated the world is in the first place. We need to encourage breeding like we need to encourage America to eat more.
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Post by The_L on Mar 18, 2009 13:06:15 GMT -5
My bf and I wish we could go ahead and get married, but I'm not financially independent, and neither is he. We understand this, and recognize that we'll be in our mid-to-late 20's before we can afford the whole handfasting-and-kids thing. (Marriage is marriage. Call it what you will.)
I'm pretty sure it'll be him, just because it's hard to find decent people who are willing to put up with me on a regular basis. ;P
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Post by MaybeNever on Mar 18, 2009 16:49:33 GMT -5
Who does that though? Nowadays, who honestly spends all that money, all that time and effort to get into a University or Community College, just to find a mate? I'm sure there are a few women who take that stance, but the majority of women nowadays go to college for a DEGREE. He then goes on to say at the end: "...if you're finding it difficult to control yourself sexually, He gives clear advice: Find somebody to marry." As if marriage is the end all, be all FIX for someone who is sexually frustrated. It's like this guy is living in an alternate universe or something. You also have to remember that these are the same kind of people who push for extreme subservience from wives. Of course he applauds women who go to college for their MRS, because they're the one's who'll thereafter pop out more soldiers of Christ and stay in the kitchen making sandwiches. Although sandwiches *are* awesome. Well, yes--of course the fundies have to out-breed the Brown People! Except that, around here at least, the Hispanic population tends to be more conservative and religiously-minded--anti-choice and anti-gay and have pretty old-fashioned ideas about the role of women. But that might just be in my area. That's actually pretty common amongst minorities, and especially Hispanics. They are typically quite socially conservative and religious, but they also support more liberal ideas of welfare - it's an emulation of the traditional culture, where you have a very strict set of obligations to your family and your community, and they likewise have them toward you. Since the left has been more willing to back their play than the right (at least since the 1960s), they tend to vote Democrat, but it's always been a demographic sector that is not inherently liberal.
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