I figured all mothers would relate to that!Date: 6/3/2008 9:27:06 PM
Author: ahappygirl
DS - last post about ''selfish'' - AMEN. Seriously. I''ve had to stay off this thread since early on. It''s giving me a mild headache.
I need pie.
DittoDate: 6/3/2008 9:55:45 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
I figured all mothers would relate to that!Date: 6/3/2008 9:27:06 PM
Author: ahappygirl
DS - last post about ''selfish'' - AMEN. Seriously. I''ve had to stay off this thread since early on. It''s giving me a mild headache.
I need pie.
Thanks for the pie, Skippy!
"Well here is what one person on the Quiverfull site says. I am assuming he is pretty representative of what the group''s beliefs entail:
There are other questions. How can anyone afford this? Ken Carpenter has a good business producing videos for some of Nashville''s biggest names. That puts a roof over their head. And what about planning for his children''s college education? He isn''t sure about college, but it isn''t about the money.
"There is a mindset and worldview that''s taught on a college campus that is in conflict with the scripture we read this morning," he said.
The Carpenter children are home-schooled. Ken Carpenter hopes his sons find professions and that his daughters learn to be mothers. He believes that it is a woman''s primary function to become a mother. And a father''s primary function?
"I think a dad ought to be the primary instiller of wisdom and ought to be teaching his sons leadership," he said."
".....The economic and social benefits of fertility decline are considerable. It lowers the dependency burden, which should increase national savings. It increases the labour force as a proportion of the population, and via its employment effects in turn helps to boost per capita incomes. The effect on economic growth can be considerable – some estimates suggest that up to 2 percentage points of annual per capita income growth in East and South-East Asian countries was due to this demographic effect of declining fertility (Bloom and Williamson, 199
. High female education in these countries could thus have contributed substantially to their economic boom. (UNESCO study)...."
Low women''s status leads to high fertility, and high women''s status leads to low fertility. Care to guess what status is being put forth by Quiverfull? Read above. And this family is creating more people who will believe that women''s status is only to produce and rear children. Are we as a society happy about going backwards in attitude? What would be the impact on hard-won rights if this thinking became the norm? Are you so totally sure that it will not, that you will never speak against the parts of it you think are potentially damaging? Are you willing to be that tolerant? In the words of Chris Hedges, "Tolerance is a virtue, but tolerance coupled with passivity is a vice."
As for the slavery reference, you may have missed the point I was trying to make, which was that we make choices on what to tolerate every day. In what I call the "great cult of tolerance" we seem to have in the US, it''s as if we can make no distinctions any more about what is better or worse without being howled at for being "intolerant". Tolerance means only that - I do not have to like it, or think it is an equal choice, in the vast sea of choices. Some choices ARE better than others. In a world that has become so small, to claim much longer that my personal choices have no impact on others it just plain stupid.
Oh boy, I thought we were having pie.Date: 6/3/2008 10:02:49 PM
Author: Kaleigh
DittoDate: 6/3/2008 9:55:45 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
I figured all mothers would relate to that!Date: 6/3/2008 9:27:06 PM
Author: ahappygirl
DS - last post about 'selfish' - AMEN. Seriously. I've had to stay off this thread since early on. It's giving me a mild headache.
I need pie.
Thanks for the pie, Skippy!
Lemon Meringue for me, haven't had that in ages, virtual pie, is sooo awesome, no calories. Hehe.
UMMM Hello??? Where is my lemon merigue?? I am hungry. Sheesh, can''t get good service here....Date: 6/3/2008 10:57:13 PM
Author: Skippy123
Let''s not be serious and move on to pie. Pie is more important imho. hehe
French silk coming right up!
Lisa, Lemon coming right up too! You too DS
LOL, ops, here you go, guess I had too many Margaritas this evening dearDate: 6/3/2008 11:31:28 PM
Author: Kaleigh
UMMM Hello??? Where is my lemon merigue?? I am hungry. Sheesh, can't get good service here....Date: 6/3/2008 10:57:13 PM
Author: Skippy123
Let's not be serious and move on to pie. Pie is more important imho. heheFrench silk coming right up!
Lisa, Lemon coming right up too! You too DS
But I kept Dancingfire waiting for his Remy Martin in a another infamous thread so guess I'm not such a great server either. LOL.
Jeez Lisa! I had no idea you were this hungry! I would never have kept you waiting. Here''s a piece!!!!! (pic courtesy of ilovesparkles)Date: 6/3/2008 11:31:28 PM
Author: Kaleigh
UMMM Hello??? Where is my lemon merigue?? I am hungry. Sheesh, can''t get good service here....Date: 6/3/2008 10:57:13 PM
Author: Skippy123
Let''s not be serious and move on to pie. Pie is more important imho. heheFrench silk coming right up!
Lisa, Lemon coming right up too! You too DS
But I kept Dancingfire waiting for his Remy Martin in a another infamous thread so guess I''m not such a great server either. LOL.
I know me too! I just had a pudding snack; I want pie for REALSDate: 6/4/2008 12:00:16 AM
Author: Miranda
I have to stop reading about lemon pie tonight. All I have for a bedtime snack is Cookie Crisp!Date: 6/3/2008 11:56:58 PM
Author: Skippy123
LOL, Miranda you are cracking me up!! Well the more pie the better, right? Cheers
Me too, but I think they forgot ours!Date: 6/4/2008 7:59:24 AM
Author: vespergirl
I''m a key lime girl myself - pie please!
Date: 6/4/2008 11:05:43 PM
Author: thing2of2
Thank God you're here, Skippy! I haven't eaten since last night because I've been saving room for pie!
Date: 6/5/2008 2:01:46 AM
Author: TravelingGal
No pie...OK...just crust please. I''m watching my figure...grow...and I''ve already had the baby...
Indeed it does!!! It is beautiful, too! I can almost taste it! Thanks, Skippy!
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