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I had a young woman, maybe 17 last semester, turn in a paper --it was a 12 page research/argumentative paper about why gender complementarianism (ie woman and men have different, distinct roles with men at the top). She’s a good student, a good writer, but literally she’s heard this set of morals from the pulpit her whole life… So like… Yeah. I read another young man’s paper where his takeaway from 12 Years a Slave was “wow, not all slave owners were abusive monsters–some were pretty kind and treated their slaves like family.” The kids are as alright as the rest of us are.
But see, if someone admits that their parents/grandparents/etc were flawed, then they might come to the realization that they need to examine the ideas they grew up with, maybe change some. Maybe they themselves have behaved problematicly based on things they were taught. And what if that person starts questioning their faith/faith community’s behavior as part of this introspection? What if questioning makes a person feel as though they’re not “honoring their father and their mother”?
I’m 100% for that introspection and personal honestly, but I can see where a lot of people will be too scared of the work. More will be more scared of the “evil” of critical thought and nuance.
I’m sure there are plenty of podcasts that cover this group and happening. This is the one I like.
They are doing the same playbook. The longer I’m an adult, the less inclined I am to defend parents’ rights so strongly. Children are people, not property.
Not Canadian, but when I visited my Canadian aunt & uncle a few years back, they told me that a toll bridge from my last visit (Surrey BC) was no longer a toll, and that most toll projects drop the toll after they’re paid for. My experience in the states is that once a road is a toll road, that’s a new tax that’s never going away and often goes into the pockets of international investors. Made me love Canada a little bit more that day.
Also, the Butchart Gardens & Vancouver Island in general give me all the warm fuzzies for Canada. Happy Canada Day y’all!
Closer, but also, everyone was sick of the Republican bullshit as Bush was on his way out and the economy was collapsing. McCain had a really hard sell.