tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post1688699526467431416..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Dramatic Gestures to Inspire ChangeSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-36038732980437252182013-01-19T07:53:43.281-07:002013-01-19T07:53:43.281-07:00Well, I don't make clear arguments because I&#...Well, I don't make clear arguments because I'm not arguing anything.<br /><br />I'm actually not directing my post to everyone who wore pants, but to those who are frustrated, angry, and feeling insignificant or shut down. I'm pleading with them to turn to Christ to heal, and not to hold their healing hostage to someone else's behavior.<br /><br />I'm speaking as someone SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-45049635789039651382013-01-18T16:32:13.288-07:002013-01-18T16:32:13.288-07:00Your last paragraph says "after you've co...Your last paragraph says "after you've completed your dramatic gesture....open your heart to the spirit." If you don't think that this insinuates that pants wearing women stand in need of a spiritual course correction you are kidding yourself. <br /><br />It seems a bit disingenuous to proudly own up to your to your "blunt" assertion that ALL people need the Spirit. Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868731189878290726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-26087078201534776982013-01-17T15:07:44.758-07:002013-01-17T15:07:44.758-07:00You're, right, Jessica. If people have already...You're, right, Jessica. If people have already opened their hearts to the Spirit, they don't need to concern themselves with what I'm saying, because they're already doing it. I trust you aren't saying that people DON'T need to open their hearts to the promptings of the Spirit? I'm not insinuating it. I'm saying it straight out. I don't insinuate very often, SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-69867160593610930052013-01-17T14:42:17.594-07:002013-01-17T14:42:17.594-07:00I don't think that wearing pants was a "d...I don't think that wearing pants was a "dramatic" gesture. I also don't think it was "divisive." <br /><br />I think it was a respectful way to acknowledge some very important and sincere questions that many members share. <br /><br />I didn't want to "irritate" anyone when I decided to wear pants that Sunday. I wanted to acknowledge pain. <br /><br />It&Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868731189878290726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-25869055443907183702013-01-17T13:54:25.868-07:002013-01-17T13:54:25.868-07:00I'm trying this again. I love this post; wish...I'm trying this again. I love this post; wish I'd said it. annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-49464020953081090462012-12-30T02:46:34.046-07:002012-12-30T02:46:34.046-07:00Thank you for this, SilverRain. It's hard doct...Thank you for this, SilverRain. It's hard doctrine for us all -- it's so much easier to focus outside ourselves. Feminists in pain are certainly not the only ones who need this. We ALL do. And ironically, that is what I believe could unite us -- once we all realize how much we need Christ rather than insist that other people or the culture or anything else will be the solution to our Mormon Women: Who We Arehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479667028999828222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-7711108913422353282012-12-21T18:26:03.391-07:002012-12-21T18:26:03.391-07:00That is bold and I love it! I wrote something simi...That is bold and I love it! I wrote something similar but not so bold and real. You are amazing! And I agree!!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989290754901588002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-37830118743150994792012-12-19T19:09:46.826-07:002012-12-19T19:09:46.826-07:00Not to take anything away from the seriousness of ...Not to take anything away from the seriousness of this post, but I think I have a girl crush on you.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196513429476410491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-2880864123696367132012-12-19T11:11:01.244-07:002012-12-19T11:11:01.244-07:00I agree with your post. My feeling on the subject...I agree with your post. My feeling on the subject is that by turning it into an all or nothing proposal: "you're either with us or you're against us." They have alienated people who might have otherwise supported them. I agree with you about the fact that the pants thing has not done much to solve the cultural problem at the heart of this controversy, in fact it has only Michael Maierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160643740612185751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-76847995500792810422012-12-19T10:03:07.685-07:002012-12-19T10:03:07.685-07:00Yes.Yes.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191017963027895446noreply@blogger.com