That doesn’t sound morally backwards at all, I know very well what you mean and all the very real fears you have.

I am so sorry! Hugs and love and peace to you, I know how hard it is with one parent being ill, I can’t imagine how hard you have it. I am very glad you have helpful siblings, that’s so important at times like this. Do not forget to take care of yourself, even though it can feel selfish, it’s key to being your best…

I hear a little bit of benadryl and a couple lollipops works wonders on getting rid of “demons”.

It’s not just that the prices have skyrocketed, it’s that the quality has tanked. In college I would splurge on one of their cashmere v-necks a year and gradually built up a nice little collection that lasted most of a decade. Two of the last three sweaters I bought there arrived with holes in them. Also 98% of their…

I apologize in advance- I’m curious, and honestly not trying to sound like an asshole- but how do you believe what you believe when you see stuff like this on the news? If miracles happen, then why didn’t they happen for this poor kid? And if it was “God’s will” or something like that, why believe that the people…

The interesting thing with Miracles is they seem to get rarer with time.
Almost as if the bar to prove them keeps going up.

I hear what you’re saying and I agree. But... it is Christianity though. It’s not the full representation of Christianity, for sure, but it’s still a sect of it. People who identify with Pentecostal doctrine are crazy. And COGIC doctrine. And Apostolic doctrine. And Southern Baptist doctrine. And Evangelical doctrine.…

cults be a hell of a drug

It’s so hard not to. All you want to say is, “well maybe if you didn’t believe in that silly shit”.

Today, we are all that atheist.

Man, I try not to be That Atheist, but this kid literally died because someone had told his family and members of his community a bunch of fairy tales about demons and shit.

I agree. I’m just thinking about my own experiences losing people to Alzheimer’s. One of the ugliest things about the disease is its moments of clarity and lucidity, which can almost trick you into believing the person is “back to normal” and you can go back to your prior relationship. What would be really sad is if…

That’s the thing. Dementia is a slow, awful journey and I fully understand and support people having sex in earlier stages and/or based on their cognitive/physical abilities but at the point they are in a nursing home, especially with evaluation by staff that indicates they are not able to consent I feel that’s…

for serious. all the petite large breasted women I know either a)have to get seriously insane custom made bras or b)got a boob reduction.

He wants a woman with back problems, apparently.

Yeah, I know a lady with early on-set Alzheimers and she talks pretty openly about her desire to still boink her husband. In the same breathe she’ll tell you that you are locked out of the house and should call the police to get access- all the while you are sitting in the living room with the TV on. The husband is…

I hear you. God I love Bernie. I used to see him eating burritos around Burlington wearing black Chuck Taylor high tops.

it’s really not off topic. the administrators, bureaucrats and politicians are always saying it is about the children. Happy, relaxed teachers teach better, happy relaxed students learn better. Every time i brought something to the attention of school district administrators, such as serious environmental issues (post…

this is why i no longer go out in public, especially with couples. Whenever i am with my married friends, we can be having a really interesting conversation, and then one of the husbands will have to explain some stupid detail to us like we are kindergartners. I am a hermit because i am so sick of being condescended…