wannaberocker

I can't believe you missed that reference, lol. I don't reject Christ. But he didn't want me for a sunbeam.

I'm super serial! Why doesn't anybody believe me?! I'm a recovering Christian.

For making false accusations about my parents. Thou shall not bear false witness.

You should just apologize.

No, you shared the apostle Paul's opinion. Christ never said anything about women in the church. Paul also said that Christians should actively avoid marriage if they aren't. He also said that women should never have their heads uncovered in church. Do you go around condemning and calling out females who fail to cover their head in church? I have studied the Good Book at great length, but regardless of what you feel it teaches, I guarantee you that you are driving people away from Christ. I do not think that is your intent.

what you said to playboymommy is extremely hateful. do you not see that? do you think you are being Christ like? i do not, i think you are reflecting terribly on Christ and Christianity. i'm calling you a bigot because you are one by definition.

It would appear you're only a couple of messages away from losing those nasty ones at the end. For what it's worth, specs knows what he's doing, but I know specs well enough to be able to joke around back. I didn't tell him to eff himself or anything; I left it open-ended for a reason. I'd rather be called anything on this earth than Mrs. Harris, though.

don't want to derail the facial hair thread.. about the cupcakes: not yet, he's still in preschool. when that stuff starts happening, i'm gonna turn all "crazy mom". because i'm crazy.

I'm out of rep at the moment, btw. I'll do it ASAP.

Did I -rep you? Sorry, my bad. :o I'm multitasking. I'll +rep ya to make up for it.

Hey, sorry it's taken me so long to reply to your post! I completely missed it. I agree with what you said completely. If you haven't read it, check out Tom Wood's book Meltdown. It's only about 150 pages long and really explains the housing crisis in detail, from the Fed's loose monetary policy, to the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie/Freddy loan guarantees, to the relationship between .gov and the banks and so on.

I don't think government can really make any regulations which will be helpful. The best thing the gov could do is just butt out and only intervene when contracts are broken. Fannie/Freddie need to be liquidated, CRA repealed, laws forcing lending to minorities repealed, and most important of all...we need sound money. I personally favor the Hayekian competing currency idea. The government should, however, accept only gold and silver in payments and only make payments in those metals as is specified in the Constitution. Private transactions could use whatever medium.

which leads me back around to: most people in the world seek comfort, not sacrifice-- especially in relationships (friends, marriage, family). and inside of a Christian marriage, at the very core, it is indisputable to me that God honors not compromise, He honors sacrifice.

sorry for the length/total # of messages!

these silly arguments make me appreciate my Christ-centered, yet imperfect (as am i!) husband all the more. God gave me the discernment to choose well and i am thankful that He brought my husband and i together. your rebuttals give me hope that there are men out there who (will) seek to be godly, caring, sacrificial husbands, and godly, caring, sacrificial, loving friends.

but that's the key, isn't it? God calls us all to sacrifice-- and specifically within a marriage He calls the husband to live a sacrificial life for his wife (comparison of Christ's love for the church). and the reality is that sacrifice and pain/discomfort are absolutely inseparable-- that's not to say that sacrifice and joy cannot be tied, but unless it hurts, there is no sacrifice.

the only reason i interceded in his little diatribe was because he claimed women who stay at home are "victims of their own making." he has the right to believe that, but in my specific instance, as well as many others i could speak of, his ideology falls flat. and there are those of the female gender on this forum who were more than likely bobbing their heads in agreement with his statements. what woman, after all, wants to be under the "control" of any man? what woman, after all, doesn't want the freedom that comes with work!! *aghast!* that's slavery!! (which is hilarious because i have more freedom being a keeper at home than i ever did or ever would working a job)

two words. 1. comfort; 2. fear.

if he thinks that money is the only cause of "frustration" within any relationship, then he has a warped view of relationships.

i say: to each his own. if whatever relationship rules, boundaries and limitations he chooses works for him, so be it. but, he has proven over and over again through his ravings that the sentiment is not likewise-- i.e. if i don't prescribe to his way of thinking and being as right, i am unequivocally wrong.