I have a quote in response: Jesus wept.

Not a member of the Big Three Religions, but I read a lot, and if I recall correctly, St John the Divine said something about seeing many animals in heaven, and St Francis of Assissi was pretty adamant that not only do animals have souls, they are worthy of the afterlife. I realize these are two of the more, erm,…

I think you got hung up on the impossible to teach all part. The Oneida and Amana Communities, for example, are better known as brand name than religious sects because one is extinct and the other nearly so. Teaching every extinct religion would take time from teaching the living religions. Does one teach about Juche?…

That's the point of comparative/world religion classes - to give an overview of (almost) all religions (it wouldn't be possible to go over every single one ever; there's just too many).

The Comparative Religions classes I had in public high school and university didn't give religious instruction, but rather the history, sociology, basic tenets and evolution of each religion (including extinct religions and 'unusual groups,' such as Oneida). I went into them a godless heathen and emerged from them a…

Just found out my SIL has bladder cancer - the same cancer that killed my father. Worried about her, and worried even more about my brother. So there's that.

I make a point of telling pregnant friends all the POSITIVE statistics, stories of easy pregnancies/births other friends had (two even had great c-sections, really!), etc. I don't get telling horror stories to someone who has a lifeform growing inside them. That's scary enough on its own without saying, "Hey, know…

You are awesome! I'm actually childfree, but I'm also 100% against giving women shit about the choices women make for feeding their infants.

I'm a cis gendered woman, but with small - 6 1/2 is small - feet but I do wear a W or WW. I wear whatever shoe fits/appeals to me, and as I said, men's shoes in the sample size - usually a 4 or 5 - fit my weird-ass feet.

I wear a 6.5 women's size shoe. I can often find men's shoes that fit me - by buying the floor sample. (Men's work shoes and work boots are often better made and less expensive than the women's model, and also better looking.)

Actually, no. It makes the same assumption about inherited IQs that Idiocracy makes (substitute "slum dwellers" for "trailer parks"), but the only racism is when John Barlow refuses to work with Ryan-Nganga, asking if there isn't someone "more qualified" because Ryan-Nganga looked "pretty dark" but "some of my best…

Link to the story, since Kinja's gone all bitchcakes: http://mysite.du.edu/~treddell/3780…

Two important things:

My dream house has that range and those cabinets. Also a greenhouse. And it exists and I live there. It also has a plumbed-in Miele "coffee system" and a 6' x 8' shower/steam room (which is not in my bathroom; mine has crazy gorgeous tiles). It's a 1927 Craftsman that was at one time a speakeasy. We found flue for the…

It's nice of you to say I'm thoughtful and measured! I'm neither actually - it's just that in things like this, I think fuck everyone except the victim (no matter what she's been the victim of; either option is pretty miserable). There's simply no good true answer in this - all are troubling, especially for Dylan…

I've come to the conclusion that Dylan Farrow was abused - either by her mother, by creating a false trauma for her (which the mother may or may not have believed really happened) or was actually sexually abused.

I've come to the conclusion that Dylan Farrow was abused - either by her mother, by creating a false trauma for her (which the mother may of not have believed really happened) or was actually sexually abused.

I'm childfree and even I'm pretty sure you haven't thrown your life away. I agree with those who've said the Mommy Wars (and the Childfree vs Parent Wars) are bullshit to keep (primarily) women fighting each other so we're distracted and stop complaining about how our rights are being taken away.

1. Sterilized twice. No children, no regrets. I'm sure there are lots of things other people like about having children, but I never could see what those things are. If you don't either, and don't enjoy spending time with babies, toddlers, school age children, etc, maybe having one of your own isn't the right thing for…

I like your rules, and have my modified version of the same: