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Post by magazinewhore on Jul 22, 2019 15:20:12 GMT -4
We don't entirely know the extent of Jack's issues, do we? He wears pretty thick glasses for a kid (says a woman who wore thick glasses as a kid too), but he may have other issues as well. I'm not saying I hope he does, obviously, but we can't really understand issues when he was born. Maybe Chris, being "Godly" in general, prayed to save Jack and vowed he'd devote his life to Christ, and now he feels like he's holding up his end of the bargain.
That doesn't reduce the douchery of his brand of Christianity (and you guys are right on about the Masculinity Lite (TM) of it). How old is Katherine? I suspect she, like a lot of women, may not know her own mind yet. She will thought. Nothing like a disappointing marriage to make one realize that.
I suspect fame did a number on him too. He seems to have gone from very happy-go-lucky to rather suspicious. I'm not sure you can experience that level of fame and not be changed by it.
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Post by chonies on Jul 22, 2019 17:53:03 GMT -4
Katherine is 29. Looking back now, I was kind of an idiot at 29, but not necessarily any more or less of an idiot than I am now, within fist-bump distance of 45. She's definitely reached the age of being able to make her own mistakes as well as see mistakes coming down the road, honking their horns and blasting through police barriers and bales of straw, Convoy!-style.
ETA: I haven't seen anything about Jack's possible issues, but the name still bothers me. Jack SPratt could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, but betwixt them both, they licked the platter clean. Ugh.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 14:16:04 GMT -4
It's a very specific kind of masculinity. Yes, it is, and I'm kind of becoming fascinated with it. Chris Pratt embodies so, so much of what I observe in white, middle class men in the south. Off topic - I recently found out that when a person joins one of these megachurches, they often sign away their rights to sue the church. This came up because a local girl was assaulted by a youth pastor at a church camp, and the parents finally read the fine print on the agreement they signed. They were forced to go to mediation. I'll see if I can dig up the article, because it was so sad and disturbing. ETA: This is the article. It's from the NY Times, but if you are interested in this topic, it's worth using one of your free articles. This sounds like Scientology, they fight you for suing them. It's a fucking crime, and legally, you can't sign away your right to call the police.
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Post by lea1977 on Jul 28, 2019 22:53:27 GMT -4
I am wondering if Chris is the kind of Christian who believes that somehow God was "punishing" him by causing Jack to be born premature and have a health issues. That is why he is so hardcore now, I think if he believes that he follows God's word his next child will be born "normal".
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Post by Babycakes on Jul 29, 2019 0:46:40 GMT -4
I am wondering if Chris is the kind of Christian who believes that somehow God was "punishing" him by causing Jack to be born premature and have a health issues. That is why he is so hardcore now, I think if he believes that he follows God's word his next child will be born "normal". I can totally see it. It was his prayers that saved Jack. And he made promises to the Lord, that Anna wasn't as fully committed to. I could see him resenting her, and her drinking, and feeling that it was a betrayal to the promises he made. I think he felt it would be best to jump ship and find him a more faithful/devout woman. Everything will be just perfect now that he has found a devout, rich, younger woman, that will bare him many healthy sons, and maybe one girl child. I don't think he's mentally prepared for another life setback. He doesn't come across as mature or grounded. Just an overgrown boy that's been lucky for most of his life.
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Post by Spinderella on Jul 29, 2019 2:27:59 GMT -4
I think the church that he's involved with has a very strong stance on "equally yoked". That's something I heard my whole life (although my family never pushed it) and it would always sit in the back of my mind whenever I was in a relationship. Ugh. It's the same people that think it's okay for a husband to abuse and put his wife "in her place" which to me, totally negates that equally yoked bullshit.
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Post by danadel on Jul 29, 2019 9:21:54 GMT -4
I think the church that he's involved with has a very strong stance on "equally yoked". That's something I heard my whole life (although my family never pushed it) and it would always sit in the back of my mind whenever I was in a relationship. Ugh. It's the same people that think it's okay for a husband to abuse and put his wife "in her place" which to me, totally negates that equally yoked bullshit. What is equally yoked all about?
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Post by Auroranorth on Aug 1, 2019 12:43:31 GMT -4
I think the church that he's involved with has a very strong stance on "equally yoked". That's something I heard my whole life (although my family never pushed it) and it would always sit in the back of my mind whenever I was in a relationship. Ugh. It's the same people that think it's okay for a husband to abuse and put his wife "in her place" which to me, totally negates that equally yoked bullshit. What is equally yoked all about? It's from II Corinthians 6:14: “Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers," which evangelicals often interpret as, "You've got to marry someone's whose faith is in lock-step with yours." So if Anna didn't get on board with his new church, he may have chucked her for someone who would. Which is ironic since that faith also says there is only one reason for divorce and none for remarriage.
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Post by Ladybug on Aug 1, 2019 13:41:06 GMT -4
I thought they met at church? So they are equally yolking each other.
I am strongly in favor of people having a spiritual outlet of some kind, whatever that means to you, but I am not here for megachurches.
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Post by seat6 on Aug 1, 2019 13:52:00 GMT -4
The yoking refers to oxen, used to plow the fields. It’s important to have a pair that are matched in size and strength, otherwise your furrows will be uneven.
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