tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post3026161774408280550..comments2024-03-12T05:02:14.140-04:00Comments on MOUNTAIN MUSINGS: And These are Educated People?NCmountainwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-68918916398920252342009-11-20T00:51:37.296-05:002009-11-20T00:51:37.296-05:00Doesn't surprise me at all but I think it'...Doesn't surprise me at all but I think it's terrible.JeanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536421799031706759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-63750825132609702762009-11-19T21:12:01.062-05:002009-11-19T21:12:01.062-05:00One word: yikes!
Okay, actually one more word: s...One word: yikes!<br /><br />Okay, actually one more word: sigh.Dog_geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797650391128520269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-18867986493138522052009-11-19T12:15:26.571-05:002009-11-19T12:15:26.571-05:00Whoa. They make ME sound like a liberal, and I con...Whoa. They make ME sound like a liberal, and I consider myself moderately conservative in the political arena (and, opposite from you, surrounded by people MUCH more liberal than I am!) It's fun to be the different one sometimes, even though it often makes me wonder what's wrong with me!<br /><br />This is the most backwards thing I've ever heard! I didn't know people outside of Alabama thought this way! (i am from AL and my strange brother would LOVE this article... grrrr.) I think you make an excellent point about girls letting boyfriends decide if they should be sexually active. Clever, my friend!<br /><br />As a Christian, It makes me livid to hear about Christians using a Bible they obviously don't understand to build oppressive cultures. They should try actually studying Biblical history, culture, and literary theory before making decisions based on "what the Bible says."<br /><br />I'd bust up in that board and sock those men in the nose! So THERE! Ha. Alabama upbringing still comes out at times :)<br /><br />Beautiful parallels with sitting on your father's knee. A brilliant post! Bravo!Courtney at SL's No Ennuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736115775389995749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-25410943514200058802009-11-19T07:21:25.577-05:002009-11-19T07:21:25.577-05:00Wow... how very, very sad Carolyn.Wow... how very, very sad Carolyn.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-84300323447564493262009-11-18T22:34:20.165-05:002009-11-18T22:34:20.165-05:00It is amazing that attitude is still present. I t...It is amazing that attitude is still present. I thought we had progressed beyond it, but I guess not. Sometimes I think religion is used as backdrop for this type of stance. That certainly is not what I was taught in church.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858158707328118375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-89815968454364722092009-11-18T19:58:49.439-05:002009-11-18T19:58:49.439-05:00That is a shocking decision for a school board to ...That is a shocking decision for a school board to make in this day and time. <br />I certainly wouldn't send my kids there, either.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-56806084972519054632009-11-18T19:52:49.176-05:002009-11-18T19:52:49.176-05:00I am surprised that something so medieval like thi...I am surprised that something so medieval like this exists! Incredible!!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534904024320623895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-39544690259109771852009-11-18T19:50:50.050-05:002009-11-18T19:50:50.050-05:00I'm as shocked as you are. I might've fain...I'm as shocked as you are. I might've fainted if I'd found that in my newspaper. I wonder if their discrimination extends to other groups? My goodness, I don't even know what to say. I thought that we left that type of thinking behind many many years ago.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-85721352977549549772009-11-18T19:42:44.543-05:002009-11-18T19:42:44.543-05:00Bless you for your patience. I do not think I cou...Bless you for your patience. I do not think I could live amongst such silly, backwards people for any length of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-39122808413458725682009-11-18T19:17:11.393-05:002009-11-18T19:17:11.393-05:00I have a family friend here in Texas who belongs t...I have a family friend here in Texas who belongs to a Lutheran church that won't allow women to be on the council or vote. To be sure, they can do all the cooking and cleaning up after the men, but they're not allowed to speak out in church either. (Good ol' St. Paul again.) <br /><br />This same woman is the assistant branch manager of a large bank and makes many complicated financial decisions every day. She has an important position but when it comes to whether or not her church can buy a new coffee pot, she has to defer to her husband (a roofer) to make that decision for her. No wonder she suffers from migraines!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-62465970929007277582009-11-18T16:41:12.190-05:002009-11-18T16:41:12.190-05:00Well thank God that there are many of us Christian...Well thank God that there are many of us Christians out there who do NOT agree with them.. There are people and groups all over this country who truly believe these types of things. I can respect them and not judge them --but the sad thing is that when the country hears this kind of stuff, they (country) put all of us Christians in that box--as being nutty. <br /><br />There are extremes on both sides when it comes to all kinds of people and their beliefs (whether it's spiritual, political, social, etc.)... This group is no worse to me than an Athiest who proclaims that there is no God at all. BUT--I try not to judge them either. <br /><br />Ain't life fun????? It's all about acceptance and understanding --no matter how different that is from what we believe or understand to be 'truth'. <br /><br />Maybe--just maybe--the young people who go to that school graduate with some great values overall (manners, honesty, unselfishness) ---compared to what some kids are learning in our public schools these days. <br /><br />Just my thoughts for today...<br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-56436575043841892122009-11-18T15:10:54.812-05:002009-11-18T15:10:54.812-05:00Oh, by the way--the Taliban would agree with them....Oh, by the way--the Taliban would agree with them.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-47512538746261876352009-11-18T15:10:21.318-05:002009-11-18T15:10:21.318-05:00Oh...my...this renders me almost speechless.
Peopl...Oh...my...this renders me almost speechless.<br />People have mistaken sexual equipment with divine authority.<br />WRONG.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-10574769271177022362009-11-18T15:00:50.457-05:002009-11-18T15:00:50.457-05:00I love the scene of you and your father sitting to...I love the scene of you and your father sitting together reading the paper and having a sip of coffee. A sweet sweet memory.<br />Mine is running to meet father at the top of the hill as he came home from work. He would swing me around in circles until I could not stand. I loved that brief moment with him.......<br /><br />A hate to sat it but what an out of date attitude. Do they not realise what century we are living in??Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-44995100282389352842009-11-18T13:52:11.634-05:002009-11-18T13:52:11.634-05:00I remember the ACA from the years I lived in Black...I remember the ACA from the years I lived in Black Mountain, but I didn't realize how backward they were on social policy. It's just amazing.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923630536753873113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-74198676633957555052009-11-18T13:26:18.480-05:002009-11-18T13:26:18.480-05:00Hard to imagine we're in the year 2009. How co...Hard to imagine we're in the year 2009. How could this still be happening? Literalism is not a good way to interpret old texts in a modern world.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-42739013773963392562009-11-18T13:07:54.627-05:002009-11-18T13:07:54.627-05:00I was just in a bookstore in Asheville where the b...I was just in a bookstore in Asheville where the bookseller and a customer were discussing this. Much headshaking all round.<br /><br />St. Paul (I believe he said in Corinthians that women shouldn't be in authority over men) has much to answer for -- or if not St. Paul, whoever ascribed those speeches to him.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-33983696781174331212009-11-18T12:06:39.826-05:002009-11-18T12:06:39.826-05:00I can't hardly believe this. It is 2009 people...I can't hardly believe this. It is 2009 people! Equality. <br />There is no way in H*ll that my kids would ever attend a school like this. Do all the folks drive their cart and horses to school? Are the girls out back beating the school uniforms with rocks in the river? <br />just crazy.Busy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-73128531199041662442009-11-18T11:47:48.302-05:002009-11-18T11:47:48.302-05:00Oh, dear God. . . !!!!
You chose an appropriat...Oh, dear God. . . !!!! <br /><br />You chose an appropriate photo. The school has already added a "virtual veil." <br /><br />When I've watched the news (yes, I'm watching Newshour with you!) and see the subservient role of women in other countries, I've assumed that global enlightenment would change all that. I wasn't expecting the reverse to take more of a toehold here. <br /><br />Do you think we're all like the frog in the slowly heating water? <br /><br />I'm all for tolerance, but this has really depressed me, Carolyn. We may have to stage a picket!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-44962610269265457842009-11-18T11:40:44.539-05:002009-11-18T11:40:44.539-05:00In many aspects, it's still a man's world ...In many aspects, it's still a man's world and women still have many barriers to break. The glass ceiling keeps getting raised. It's disappointing.Rudeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889298704039071473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-12238524788285719892009-11-18T11:06:26.168-05:002009-11-18T11:06:26.168-05:00I am stunned. Positively stunned. Are you sure the...I am stunned. Positively stunned. Are you sure the date on that newspaper article was 2009 and not 1909? Seriously? Really? Huh?(See? I'm stunned into single word stammering. I honestly can't believe that a school like this, with 600 students no less, exists practically in my backyard!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-10439944448038776482009-11-18T09:57:01.025-05:002009-11-18T09:57:01.025-05:00Sigh. All I can say is that extreme groups are ne...Sigh. All I can say is that extreme groups are never good. If I had kids, you wouldn't catch them there, either.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146649374510678844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-83408785378526670832009-11-18T09:53:28.797-05:002009-11-18T09:53:28.797-05:00I grew up Southern Baptist in Hickory NC & wom...I grew up Southern Baptist in Hickory NC & women were allowed to do all the church jobs except ONE - pastor. When my cousin needed to be ordained so she could be a Hospice Chaplain they voted to not do it. Even though we knew the views on women pastors we were stunned. Some of the strongest women of faith we knew were in that church. So she moved her letter to another more progressive church & got her ordination to do the work God called her to do. Sheesh!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-1781343359590145662009-11-18T09:42:51.285-05:002009-11-18T09:42:51.285-05:00Of course, twisting and turning the bible, one can...Of course, twisting and turning the bible, one can prove just about anything. Personally, I think these people have missed the meaning spirit of the New Testament. There views come from the patriarchal and vengefull nature of the Old. I tend to think of them are the "armed Old Testament Christians." I doubt if there has been a war they didn't support. <br />btw I am quite sure your father would have highly approved of his daughter successes in life, whatever direction, SHE, had taken!troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-23375865695758930462009-11-18T09:28:08.645-05:002009-11-18T09:28:08.645-05:00I am shocked at such a sexist and silly decision. ...I am shocked at such a sexist and silly decision. Absolutely shocked. I wonder who makes the decisions in a family where the father/man has died? Hmmmm..... Can we say "100 years behind the times?"Cedar ...https://www.blogger.com/profile/18179231224253338673noreply@blogger.com