We’re having a party at SFL today! Today’s challenge is to tell us what who you’re coming as and what your costume will be. Feel free to pick either a real famous fundy or fundamentalist archetype such as pastor, preacher boy, or soulwinner. Games will include a shouting contest and bobbing for prayer cards. A … Continue reading Friday Challenge: SFL Halloween Party
Although there are exceptions, fundamentalists generally believe that celebrating Halloween is tantamount to worshiping the Devil himself. So to avoid celebrating this wicked holiday by dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door looking for candy, some of them instead dress up in costumes (no witches, ghouls, or Obama costumes, please) and go to the church … Continue reading Non-Halloween Celebrations That Just So Happen To Fall on Halloween
I’d like to point you today to an article by Josh Teis, a fellow alumni of Pensacola Christian College. I can’t swear that he’s writing about SFL in this post (although some recent interaction makes me suspect that is the case) but the same kind of “criticize-the-critics” mentality that often shows up when fundamentalists talk … Continue reading Not Being Critical (Of People Just Like Me)
An SFL reader passed along this pre-courtship questionnaire checklist received from a church in fundy circles. Keep in mind, this is the Pre-courtship questionnaire, just to see if you qualify. Life Influences 1. Do you ever seek advice from others? 2. How often do you seek counsel? 3. Who do you seek counsel from? 4. … Continue reading The Pre-Courtship Questionnaire
1. I am right and you are wrong. Always. 2. Unity Means Agreeing With Me That My Pastor Is Right. 3. The less certain something is, the more certain you must appear to be about it. 4. If you cannot win an argument with logic you must simply outlast your opponent. Once he gives up, … Continue reading Rules