We have a new single male neighbor, [shocked smiley] and another single male neighbor has lived a few houses down since we moved here. We have done our best to shelter our children from him. We belive that being single is sinful (God gave Eve to Adam, a womans purpose is to be with a man). We do not want our children to think its ok to go though life single. My husband thinks all singles are 'you know what' which makes this matter even more dire. We can't afford to move right now so we're both just at our wits end. We've been praying constantly and talking to our pastor who is very concerned as well. I will continue to pray [praying smiley] and I'm sure He will show me the right path, until then has anyone else struggles with this problem, any advise? ["HELP" smiley]
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I assume they would think that Paul was sinful too. As I recall, he even advised others to stay single, unless they just couldn't hold out.
Yeah, and Jesus ran around with a bunch of other guys, and Christians are raising hell because a book and movie of fiction (The DaVinci Code)has the audacity to suggest that he was [deep breath] married.
I'm sure He will show me the right path, until then has anyone else struggles with this problem, any advise?
I am a single male. I have a housemate who is also a single male. We are both heterosexual, but several of our neighbors have assumed that we are a gay couple. More to the point, neither of us is a child molester, a murderer or a rapist.
What the hell? I thought she was going to reveal that they are/she thought they were gay as I started reading, but this rant ended up being so much more bizarre.
John Raptor: If that question is directed at me, no I do not believe the DaVinci Code any more than I believe the Bible or any part therein. It's called sarcasm, but I guess that was lost on some via Poe's Law.
May I point out that Paul (that is, "Saint Paul,") says that being single, as he was, is the superior way to serve God. Proudsuckermom, are you saying you wouldn't live near "Saint Paul" or let your children associate with him?
So is her "problem" the fact that she thinks the lives of people who live nearby but have nothing to do with her are her business, or is it that she lives in a twisted little universe all her own? I feel so badly for kids raised by people like this. They can't possibly grow up with any view of the life/the world that approximates reality whatsoever.
Soccermom: since WHEN was it any of your business to cast judgment on anyone because they were single?
I have some advice, move anyway. I'm sure nobody in your neighbourhood wants to live next door to such paranoid, delusional, fearful, panicky, ghost-worshipping, suspicious, self-righteous, life-dodging assholes such as yourselves. Until then I suggest you crucify yourselves on the side of a sheep barn.
Jesus was single, Paul was single, most of Jesus' apostles were single (I can't remember any bible books stating otherwise at the moment) and Revelations speaks about virgin man being superior at judgement day. Please refrain from criticing your "biblically moral" superiors.
Holy Damned If You Don't, Batman!
Ooh, don't forget. Right now, her kids are single and living in sin too. QUICK, get the kids hitched, NOW.
After all the stuff I've read on this site, there's usually one or two posts a week that manage to actually shock me with their viewpoint. Since this makes the third one to shock me just this morning, I am rapidly losing any hope for humanity.
These parents should not be allowed to raise kids, they are truly screwed up, totally un-educated, paranoid, wacked in the head, crazy, insane, demented, devoid of intellectual reasoning ability, unable to comprehend reality, deranged sense of values.
I've got some advice, and I'll go ahead and post it even if we're agreeing with the fundies that this person isn't for real. It would work for fundies everywhere, anyway...
Moron, YES, TROLL, hmmmmmm maybe not....
Well, so poor catholic priest, monks and men who just haven't found a woman. And the people here are right, Poor St Paul.
Well, a woman´s purpose is not to be with a man(and a man can´t be alone, he is the king). Second, should I remind you that the son of man, look at that fact, was single?, and what about the prophets?.
You're at your wits end?
Holy fuck! I think I live on this street. I'm a single woman homeowner, and I know they all think that's freaky. I live next door to a single man, who is a minister, and they're terrified of him. I got a letter (anonymous) telling me they don't like "my kind." At first I thought they meant educated, but then I realized the meant lesbian. I made my boyfriend use the back door for a long time, to screw with them.
hey carpet muncher, some people cant help being single dumbass you know if i were the christian god i'd be smackin you people left and right for how you fags misintrepet the bible, jesus when will you ppl learn that its a metaphorical text not a litteral one, idiots
So, now we can't be single, either?
Is there anything this religion allows?
"We can't afford to move right now so we're both just at our wits end."
So the presence of single people makes you so scared that you want to move away? Sorry, but there are a lot of single people in the world. Unless you plan to live in a cave I doubt you could get away from all of them.
Or is it that you can't trust yourself around unattached men?
This has got to be a fucking Poe. I refuse to believe that even the dumbest fundy would think something this fucking stupid. It's impossible to think something like this and still consider yourself a sane and rational being. If this is real, then it's time to just give the fuck up. This world is fucked.
Hm, I am a straight single male and a few years ago I shared an apartment not only with one but with two(!*gasp*) male friends. This must mean that we were gay for all this years without realizing! (Although their girlfriends later more or less lived with us there and one of them now even has two children with his girlfriend.)
*GASP* A single man?!
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Why are they not flirting with every woman in sight! Why are they not taking hour-long bus rides to strip clubs in the city! Why are they no being the pervert pervs to ever perving perv!Why are they not flirting with every woman in sight! Why are they not taking hour-long bus rides to strip clubs in the city! Why
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
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What business is it of yours how other people arrange their lives? How can it be a sin to not find someone to share your life with? Have you even talked to these men? They might be widowers. And no, you don't have to be old to be a widow or widower; my grandmother became a widow at 25.
Don't bother moving, dearie, there will be single people wherever you move.
My advice is "stay the hell out of other people's lives!".
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