jpJul 21, 2025
When your anti-masturbation anthem ends up stroking your ego more than anything else…
In “The Kind,” Lacey Sturm trades nuance for self-righteousness, giving us a sanctimonious sermon disguised as a rock song.
#MusicCriticism #LaceySturm #Flyleaf #ChristianRock #MasturbationMyths #BibleStudy #ReligiousCritique #RockMusic #HotTakes #TheKind #MusicReview #SexualityAndReligion #CriticalCommentary #TheologyNerd #Satire
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/the-kind/
The Kind of Song That Makes You Want to Cut It Off: Lacey Sturm’s War on Masturbation

For an anti-masturbation song, “The Kind” (2009) is pretty masturbatory — and not just because singer-songwriter Lacey Sturm has a face (and a body) that could launch a thousand palm trips. I’m afr…

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Vic McFizzlesticksFeb 9, 2023

The only thing #OriginalSin is good for is confronting the arrogant:

"Did you die on the cross for somebody's sins? No? Then I guess you're a fuck up like all the rest of us down here."

Other than that, throw it away!

#TheologyNerd

Vic McFizzlesticksJan 29, 2023

Continuing with this show and tell from my heresy collection, I also think prevenient grace is the only grace we need.

That one's for the #Methodist #TheologyNerd contingent.

Vic McFizzlesticksJan 29, 2023

I think I'm a #Unitarian of the Third Person of the Trinity (again).

More plainly, that means I think the Holy Spirit is as much god as anyone ought to need.

#theologynerd

HeatherNov 22, 2022
I'm going to do my #introductions post again, because I just switched to #Episcodon.
Hi. My name is Heather. I am a #Disabled member of #GenX who lives in Kansas. I am #Bisexual and I live with #chronicpain and #ChronicIllness.
I consider myself an #Agnostic #Mystic and I am a member of the #Episcopal church. I like to think that I am part of the lesser known "punk rawk" side of the Episcopal church.
I am a #Universalist, an #Arctophile, a #TheologyNerd, and an #Exvangelical.
Heather (she/her)Nov 13, 2022
I'm going to do my #introductions post again, because I forgot something.
Hi. My name is Heather. I am a #Disabled member of #GenX who lives in Kansas. I am #Bisexual and I live with #chronicpain and #ChronicIllness.
I consider myself an #Agnostic #Mystic and I am a member of the #Episcopal church. I like to think that I am part of the lesser known "punk rawk" side of the Episcopal church.
I am a #Universalist, an #Arctophile, a #TheologyNerd, and an #Exvangelical.