Wednesday, January 31, 2018

More feminism - less happiness?

By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women's declining relative well-being is found across various datasets, measures of subjective well-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging -- one with higher subjective well-being for men.



[ My own take:  females make GREAT women, but pretty crappy men. ]

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

HELPING THE DEEBS - updated

The Deebs have admitted they are being OVERWHELMED with #METOO, #CHURCHTOO stories.  At least yesterday, they didn't have time to deal with a pastor's conference escorting a troll out the door.  Maybe they'll get to it.

Victims want their stories to be told.  ALL OF THEM.

I actually feel some empathy for the DEEBS, once they declared themselves to be public victim's advocates; the victims saw T.W.W. as a place where their stories could be told and abusers could be publically shamed.

REALITY: There truly are MILLIONS of victims out there - more than a few have suffered at the hands of Churchians.  SOME of the victims stories are horrific; others - things like "emotional abuse."  [ For the love of Pete ladies; please, please abandon "emotional abuse" as a life threatening event.  It isn't. ]

Can TWW tell all their stories?  Not even a bit.

Will the burden of the stories become overwhelming?  Oh yeah.

I wouldn't want their blog if it meant reading about and posting about every terrible thing that has been done to a female by a churchian.

I do wonder what they'll do.

They won't look to Scripture but I will.

Exodus 18 New International Version (NIV)

Jethro Visits Moses

13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

KEYWORDS:  "Capable MEN"

[ That Scripture Kinda reminds one of the oft reviled by TWW and their women,  John Piper.]

Monday, January 29, 2018

T.W.W. about to exhibit their hypocrisy? - UPDATE

One of TWW's  fan girl sites has had a fainting spell over an incident this weekend at the SBC's pastor's conference where an attendee wanted to use the platform to attack Ravi Zacharias.

Just like Wartburgwatch, [ where commenters who consistently disagree with the feminist agenda of T.W.W. are banned,] this attendee was escorted off the premises.  Apparently the goal of the pastor's conference was not the inquisition of Ravi Zacharias.

OH THE INHUMANITY that an attendee would not be allowed to share their narrative.

As some of you know, I am NOT ALLOWED to comment on T.W.W. or it's fan-girl site or the fan-boy site. 

It's early yet, but I'm betting T.W.W. will have, at a minimum, a "tsk-tsk" moment over the terrible betrayal by the pastor's conference not allowing a critic to speak on subjects not appropo to the conference.

We will see if the hypocrisy is in full play.
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UPDATE: I was wrong

The Deebs have admitted they are being OVERWHELMED with #METOO, #CHURCHTOO stories.  At least yesterday, they didn't have time to deal with a pastor's conference escorting a troll out the door.  Maybe they'll get to it.

Victims want their stories to be told.  ALL OF THEM.

I actually feel some empathy for the DEEBS, once they declared themselves to be public victim's advocates; the victims saw T.W.W. as a place where their stories could be told and abusers could be publically shamed.

REALITY: There truly are MILLIONS of victims out there - more than a few have suffered at the hands of Churchians.

Can TWW tell all their stories?  Not even a bit.

Will the burden of the stories become overwhelming?  Oh yeah.

I wouldn't want their blog if it met reading about and posting about every terrible thing that has been done to a female by a churchian.

I do wonder what they'll do.

They won't look to Scripture but I will.

Exodus 18 New International Version (NIV)

Jethro Visits Moses

13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

KEYWORDS:  "Capable MEN"

Thursday, January 25, 2018

C.J. sentenced to 175 years in prison

OOPS! please ignore that headline.

It's Larry Nassar,  USA Gymnastics doctor to teenage gymnasts, who has been given a sentence which means he will spend the rest of his days in prison.  [ I'm actually in favor of the courts simply handing Nassar over to the fathers of the gymnasts to be dealt with. Sadly, I don't think that will happen.]

BUT,  Wartburgwatch and so many of their commenters appear to have no less hatred for C.J. than the gymnasts do for Larry Nassar.

Larry Nassar did evil things to little girls under his protection.

C.J.'s organization did not well handle sexual abuses done by some of their membership.

C.J. is not actually accused of any sexual abuse, sexual harassment or even making women feel uncomfortable around him.

But by Wartburgwatch, he is no less despised than Larry Nassar by the U.S.G.A.

Would Warburgwatch minions send C.J. to prison for 175 years?

Oh in a heartbeat.  I think you'll see it in the coming comments.
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About reporting abuses to the authorities some changes have taken place.

In response to the Penn State Univ. situation, Dr. Al Mohler, President of Southern Seminary, apparently sent out a memo to his employees a few brief years ago that no longer should they wait to report possible instances of sexual misbehavior/abuse to their managers or supervisors but they should go ahead and call the authorities themselves.

Now I don't know about you, my dear readers [ or blog enemies - whichever ] I'm MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE taking my concerns to a manager or supervisor and letting THEM MAKE A CALL/DECISION, rather than me. 
If I had to guess, I think there might be LESS reporting of sexual misconduct by employees if they are put in the position of making the call versus having someone else make the call.  I guess we'll see. 

Finally; a gentle reminder about enforcement agencies. re: such as the F.B.I. or Child Protection agencies or your local sheriff's office.
It would probably be a mistake on your part to assume your local government agencies are not staffed by people with a sin nature, with an agenda, with sexual issues themselves.

If you have read the papers in the past; you'll discover that social agencies have often taken a bad situation and APPARENTLY MADE IT WORSE; at least that's my observation after working with and thru them over the years.

As usual, your mileage may vary.
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Female Harvard Law Prof on #MeToo

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/1/16/bartholet-metoo-excesses/

[Think Wartburg excesses]


Tuesday, January 23, 2018

NOT "hateful" but Grace-less Sin Sniffers

The Deebs aren't hateful but they will, if they can, find the "mote" in the eyes of the conservative Evangelicals.

Their amen-chorus of commenters will take it even farther.

So I feel obligated to defend them;  no, not hateful, just sin-sniffing.

Remember, they are doing this for your good.  Bringing a little social justice to the Evangelical church.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

22 years old as Youth Pastors - should you trust them?

Hmm, they do have hormones but they are not all lechers/pervs.

Male Youth Pastors SHOULD be under the careful mentorship of a male elder.  That, of course, does not guarantee sinless perfection; but then nothing does on this planet Earth.

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On a personal note: though I'm long past my 20's,  reading the comments at Wartburg ALWAYS reminds me what an inferior moral being I am.

The self-control and moral righteousness of those who comment at T.W.W. always leaves me feeling ashamed.

I look at Andy Savage's behavior in his twenties and think, " There but for the grace of God go I."

The commenters [ plus author ],  "I would never."

Frankly, I've always been just one stupid/sinful act away from disaster.  [ Believe me, this is absolutely true. ]

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

French women who are NOT a part of the "Metoo" chorus.

FYI -

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/catherine-deneuve-100-sign-public-letter-metoo-article-1.3747653

[ MissDaisy will hate this article - 😎 ]

Andy Savage; where does it go from here?

Andy's sins have not yet reached the severity of King David's [ adultery and then murder to hide the
sin ] but the effects will be far reaching.
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I wonder how Jules would like to see him punished?

UPDATE:

Wednesday post:  Dee/Deb lecture the church on how they should behave.
Nothing like having some outsider tell you what you should feel/do and how to behave.

Sunday, January 7, 2018

To Jules Woodson

Dear Jules, I'm pretty sure you'll never read this but that's okay.

I hope you are doing relatively well, all things considered.  Hopefully you're married to a decent enough man and that you have children who, at times, bring you joy and satisfaction.

Please ignore the voices that would tell you your life has been permanently ruined by what Andy Savage did to you.

Your life has NOT been permanently ruined due to what ever happened in the past.  Your life can be, however, permanently ruined by the attitude you take towards your past.

You have a choice; live as a victim or live as a beloved daughter of the King.

I hope you see yourself as a beloved daughter of the King.
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A wise word from Charles Swindoll [ who's beloved wife was severely molested by her own father. ]

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude ... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes."

Many, many blessing upon you Jules.


Most respectfully,


Seneca Griggs