I Think That Most Fundamentalist Parents Can Change

I've been spending more time on Twitter than I used too, and spending a lot of time getting involved in the joking around that goes on there, and some of the debates that go on there.

Lately in the former homeschooler circles that I am in there on Twitter, there's been a lot of debate going on about whether parents in the fundamentalist home school culture can change (for now on, I'll abbreviate it in this post as FHS culture), and whether we should continue dialogue with FHS culture parents online (here's one of the debates that went on recently).

The dispute has been coming up because in October Ryan Stollar of Homeschoolers Anonymous published a guest post from fundamentalist blogger/TLC reality show star Chris Jeub. Ever since then, Chris Jeub has been trying to have conversations with many of us on Twitter. It seems like he is sincerely curious as to why many of us left the culture, but he can't quite understand us, or why he left.

The conversation started on Twitter, and has made it's way to Homeschoolers Anonymous. I'll present both sides of the debate before giving my thoughts:

There can't be any dialogue with fundamentalist parents until they decide to change:

Sarah Jones, of the blog Anthony B. Susan and activist for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, is one the side of of not continuing the dialogue, here's a few of her arguments from Twitter:

Reminiscing About Outrageous Youth Group Games With Rachel Held Evans

I don't quite understand why so many popular bloggers prefer Twitter to Google +, after all, you would think that long winded people like me would hate a site that restricts you to 140 characters....

Anyway, one great thing that really makes Twitter worthwhile for me despite it's character limit is the great bloggers that are on there, and some of hilarious conversations that result.

Last night,  Christian author/blogger Rachel Held Evans asked people about some of the outrageous youth group games they experienced as teens.

A lot of laughs ensued, some games were ridiculous, some were disgusting, and others, outright dangerous. Here's a few of my favorite tweets: