LDSGator

I also agree that I don’t have an answer. I find both sides of this argument deeply troubling. The “blow up Gaza kill em all” is just as repulsive to me as the what they did to Israel back in October. Black Sabbath was right. War is the great Satan. 😞

That proves my point. They listened to external pressure, judged the current climate and adapted. That alone proves how wise they are.

I can’t read her mind, so I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes people get what they think they wanted and find out it’s not all it says it is.

https://unherd.com/2024/05/lauren-southern-the-tradlife-influencer-filled-with-regret/ It’s funny you mentioned that, because this has been trending. She’s a former alt-right princess. It turns out for her, the “tradwife” trend is just that. A trend. I get the feeling her alt-right career is pulling a Tim Ballard and crashing down to Earth.

I think it needs to be said that 90% of moms, working or not, are doing their best. Just like 90% of dads too. Being a parent is brutal work. I’m always pleasantly surprised at how wonderful children are today. I think most parents are knocking it out of the park.

I missed this part. Maybe it’s just the type of friends I have but the conversations I have with them are some of the highlights of my life. I’m very blessed, but I wonder, isn’t that part of friendship? We’re all different but what good is having friends and co workers if you can’t have in depth conversations with them? I think all of us stay here because we enjoy the conversations as well.

Totally agree.

Slightly off topic, but speaking of not grasping the popularity of things- I was shocked how many people loved Jimmy Buffett. At first when he died, I was like “Okay, everyone becomes a fan of dead celebrities.” Nope. I was wrong and frankly, I should have known. I’m stunned how many people are Parrotheads.

That, and it’s like body cams for cops. It covers the teachers against being falsely accused. We have them everywhere but the bathrooms in the dojang.

Yup. That’s all true. I’m still on team Israel 100%, but that doesn’t mean I can’t raise concerns.

It is easy for me to say “Go light on Hamas” when I don’t have to worry about getting blown up by terrorists who hate me-but it’s also easy to say “Nuke Gaza” when it’s not my 70 year mother who just got slaughtered in her own home while crocheting.

I totally agree they started it. Frankly, Israel has the right to slug back with full force. And they did. Good. Don’t kill innocent people and this won’t be a problem. I believe it’s time for a ceasefire. Israel won. They beat them badly and Hamas got what was coming. But now, all Palestinians, including innocent women and children are paying for it. It’s a bit much. I view Hamas the way I view a boxer who fights dirty. Sure, I’m willing to let the clean guy teach him a lesson, but I’m not going to handcuff the dirty ones arms and let you uppercut his 8 year old daughter.

Understand. The “Quiet Revolution” that happened in Quebec is happening now in the states. That, or it already happened.

Do you think some of these women enjoy getting an education or working outside the home? The Catholic church forbids birth control but leadership wonders why family size is shrinking. There’s no grand conspiracy. The easiest answer is that the majority of Catholic women don’t want big families anymore, so they use contraception. Maybe it’s just as easy as that. I’m not commenting on the morality of the choice, just what I think happened.

I don’t think we have to worry about Christianity being illegal at this time. When that time comes, and I think it will, it’ll be through a much more vulgar display of power.

That makes me feel better. The church has wonderful judgment on these issues.

I know a lot of millennial women who enjoy getting out of the house and having a job. It’s also a matter of their own happiness.

Witnessing to Jewish people is complicated. If they join a Christian church they’ll lose their entire family. So you better treat them right, you’ll be all they have. You can walk away from them and still have your wife, kids, and family. If they doubt Christianity or have reservations about it after converting-they could have no one to turn to.

No, I’m not either. Classic case of “I may not agree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Sorry to laugh at a serious subject, but I can picture your cat on the phone to ADL saying “Cancel @zil2! My food is twenty minutes late and she’s making comments about my religion!”

Sad that it came to that. I’m very blessed-when I swung from Catholic to LDS I had a few awkward talks with family but it never came to anything like that for a long period of time. I’m not a parent, but I am a son/brother/nephew/uncle/friend. Short of a homicide or SA charge, I think people throw away family bonds much too easily.

Have you ever asked a practicing Jewish person what they think about “Messianic Jews” or “Jews for Jesus”? I have. It’s not flattering. To many serious Jews a “Jew for Jesus” is as illogical as a round square or an African American man joining the KKK.

How do you scare rich liberal women? Go to your Halloween party dressed as gluten.

Totally agree. The left can’t handle the science on nuclear power, organic food, gender differences….for people who claim to “love science” they sure don’t like it when it reaches conclusions they disagree with

Wit. You either have it or you don’t.