Comments | stickylatex: Email to Fundies

stickylatex

Email to Fundies

Jun 27, 2011 11:28

No, it's not an open letter. (Although I guess it is now!) And it's not mean-spirited and nasty. (At least, I HOPE it isn't!) It's to my friend. She's a fundamentalist born-again Christian, and it's just ironic. I mean, in so many ways she and her husband are like me in ways that none of my other friends are - I believe in G-d, I'm a deeply ( Read more... )

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kriz1818 June 27 2011, 19:06:41 UTC

Hon, I'm sorry to hear of this. For whatever it's worth, I don't believe G-d ever intends for us to be tested to destruction - especially our children's destruction (figuratively or literally). It's people who do that, and whether they can help it or not can't be, when it comes down to it, the deciding factor in how to respond.

Good luck and G-d bless.

stickylatex June 28 2011, 05:08:08 UTC

Yes, I agree. Akedah notwithstanding, of course. ;) But my Christian friend throws that up to me, too. I always tell her that whatever that story means or doesn't mean, this much is clear to me: there is a vast difference between sacrificing a child to G-d and sacrificing a child to "not-god" (anyone or anything else)!

I'm thinking of starting a separate journal just to chronicle all of this craziness so I don't muck up this journal with it too much. But OTOH, do I have the energy to keep up with one more damn website/email/blog/what-have-you?!

kriz1818 June 29 2011, 12:14:43 UTC

Hmm, Akedah. I tend to think that some Christians' desire to read Scripture as 100% prescriptive tends to lead them astray sometimes. As with that story, it just isn't as simple as "do this," much of the time.

I find, with multiple journals myself, that one or another of them tends to get neglected, compared with the others.

theonetruetiny June 28 2011, 23:08:48 UTC

Sorry to hear you're going through a divorce. I hope everyone gets through this with as little pain as possible and that you all go on to happier times very soon.

I also hope your Christian friend gets some perspective.

stickylatex July 18 2011, 19:37:33 UTC

Thank you so much.

meeps tahkhleet July 4 2011, 07:42:09 UTC

That's amazingly restrained and civil of you, and I'm impressed you can be assertive and clear headed. One thing you might add "if he was a drunk, and wouldn't stop drinking, staying with him would teach my child that its legitimate for a spouse to impose the burdens of drunkeness on them. I don't want to teach that lesson and all the bad ones that go with it."

or the whole "don't put a stumbling block before the blind". Giving someone a chance to hurt you when they have a problem hurting people is doing just that. Even when they don't see it as a problem.

Re: meeps stickylatex July 18 2011, 19:55:10 UTC

I'm glad to hear that it sounded civil. I've been concerned that perhaps it didn't, especially since I haven't heard from her since I sent it. :/ I usually CANNOT be assertive and clear-headed! It's one of my biggest issues, actually. But I'm better in email than face-to-face or phone, because it gives me the time to think.

I hadn't thought about this in terms of a "stumbling block before the blind.". Thanks for that perspective. I think the question still remains as to what particular behavior of mine might be a stumbling block for him. In terms of Poppyseed. He can't really hurt me much anymore.