I'm sure they do lots of good stuff too.
They require solitary confinement and the wearing of socks with sandals.
Not just solitary confinement, but for the first 2 days of the program (and possibly longer, depending on the participant's attitude, I suppose), the participant is literally not allowed to speak. To anyone. Including family.
the participant is literally not allowed to speak. To anyone. Including family.
Yerp. And even after that is never allowed to discuss with anyone what goes on in their sessions, which to me = distinctly culty, all snark about the socks aside.
So, did Jesus wear socks with his sandals?
They require solitary confinement and the wearing of socks with sandals.
I'm not saying they do enough good stuff to balance out that program.
So, did Jesus wear socks with his sandals?
Of course. Where else did he get the socks for his sock puppet routines?
Actually, I'm sure they do lots of good stuff too.
I've seen too many statistics on the suicide rate among gay teens to sign on to that.
(xposting with Gudanov's post #1731)
Leif won't wear sandals without socks. I didn't realize it was a religous thing, I thought it was just a three-year old thing.
I've seen too many statistics on the suicide rate among gay teens to sign on to that.
I was thinking about programs that don't involve gay teens. Their program for gay teens sounds reprehensible.
off-topic. If I was writing to say how much an event raised, would I tell people the gross or the net? These are donor types who made non-tax deductible contributions to the event.