wayfaringstranger
Kingfisher
Rufus's lectures are remarkably in line with traditional Christian teaching on a lot of things- he even objects to abortion which was common in ancient Rome.but excellent lecture otherwise.
Rufus's lectures are remarkably in line with traditional Christian teaching on a lot of things- he even objects to abortion which was common in ancient Rome.but excellent lecture otherwise.
I wonder if there's a proper threshold for cutting family off of one's life.
To their credit, my parents weren't abusive or negligent, and despite being Asian/Pinoy, have respected my life choices (particularly not joining the military nor getting into med school). However, with how easily and quietly they, and the rest of my extended family have accepted totalitarianism in the name of protecting us from coronavirus, I wonder if there is any value in maintaining any contact with them besides extreme necessity. I deleted my Facebook profile permanently because I was sick of seeing them getting indoctrinated and indoctrinating others in turn.
Right now, I'm in a fork in the road deciding whether to pursue or vocation with a Catholic Traditionalist group (the SSPX) or not. My mom concern-trolled me that she was worried that I was doing so out of anger or out of a sense of rebellion from the mainstream Catholic Church.
From a normie's point of view (and I'd use their POV as a barometer of a normie's) I would be considered a radical; but I don't know how, after getting redpilled, you could see the way of the world and conclude "this is OK."
Then again I've been trying, and failing, to get them to stop calling me daily for the past fourteen years. I'm not sure what to do.
Then again I've been trying, and failing, to get them to stop calling me daily for the past fourteen years. I'm not sure what to do.
By "vocation" I assume you mean marriage since you posted under "Marriage and family life".I'm in a fork in the road deciding whether to pursue or vocation with a Catholic Traditionalist group (the SSPX) or not.
St. Thomas Aquinas said:after the age of puberty every freeman enjoys freedom in things concerning the ordering of his state of life [matrimony, virginity, religious state, priesthood], especially in such as belong to the service of God [e.g., the religious or priestly state], and we should more obey the Father of spirits that we may live, as says the Apostle (Heb. 12:9), than obey our parents.
Asian parents have a tendency to be controlling in this sense when it comes to adult children. Some more, some less.I wonder if there's a proper threshold for cutting family off of one's life.
To their credit, my parents weren't abusive or negligent, and despite being Asian/Pinoy, have respected my life choices (particularly not joining the military nor getting into med school). However, with how easily and quietly they, and the rest of my extended family have accepted totalitarianism in the name of protecting us from coronavirus, I wonder if there is any value in maintaining any contact with them besides extreme necessity. I deleted my Facebook profile permanently because I was sick of seeing them getting indoctrinated and indoctrinating others in turn.
Right now, I'm in a fork in the road deciding whether to pursue or vocation with a Catholic Traditionalist group (the SSPX) or not. My mom concern-trolled me that she was worried that I was doing so out of anger or out of a sense of rebellion from the mainstream Catholic Church.
From a normie's point of view (and I'd use their POV as a barometer of a normie's) I would be considered a radical; but I don't know how, after getting redpilled, you could see the way of the world and conclude "this is OK."
Then again I've been trying, and failing, to get them to stop calling me daily for the past fourteen years. I'm not sure what to do.
Also I really do believe the masses are under some kind of hypnosis.
My father is the same. Reads the paper every morning, cover to cover, and even though I've sent him links to things that I can't see how anyone can deny, he does.
Now he condescendingly educates me about the truth (as delivered by the BBC), and dismisses anything else as 'ridiculous!' (until the same is reported as news by The Times, then it becomes instant fact).
You may have to change your phone number and not give them the new one, or as someone else wrote, keep the old number for just them but leave it on silent and only call them once every four or seven days. Doing this is not cutting off your family. It does not sound healthy what is happening, but truly cutting off is when you don't speak for years and don't care if they die, so you could take some measures but still be a long way off from cutting them off. It is kind of sad to truly cut off one's family so I hope you can just moderate them so they can stay in your life in a less troublesome way.Then again I've been trying, and failing, to get them to stop calling me daily for the past fourteen years. I'm not sure what to do.
It was me.You may have to change your phone number and not give them the new one, or as someone else wrote
Get new phone number(s) and switch on your mummy phone using the old number only once a week.
Sorry for the late reply. We still talk every day. My mom is getting the DeathVaxx, which means all of my concerns have fallen on deaf ears. Then again, I can't talk about anything VirusRegime related without sounding ranty, so there was no chance I would get through to her.@Chains of Peter what did you end up doing?
From your Pinoy background I can see why your family ties are so close, but sometimes we can only honor our parents by not being with them. It is something my priest told me regarding toxic family ties. I cut ties to my family. It was very hard, emotionally the toughest thing I had to do, and it was for the best of all. You have to choose for yourself, but don't feel obligated to entertain relations which drain your very life energy.I wonder if there is any value in maintaining any contact with them besides extreme necessity. I deleted my Facebook profile permanently because I was sick of seeing them getting indoctrinated and indoctrinating others in turn.
My father and I do not get along. He is a raging liberal, and weak in his convictions, which I cannot stand. That said, I try to honor my mother and Father as best I can, according to my faith, So I still call and keep it civil. If he starts something, I will tell him he is full of it, and I don’t feel coy in telling him he is wrong.I wonder if there's a proper threshold for cutting family off of one's life.
To their credit, my parents weren't abusive or negligent, and despite being Asian/Pinoy, have respected my life choices (particularly not joining the military nor getting into med school). However, with how easily and quietly they, and the rest of my extended family have accepted totalitarianism in the name of protecting us from coronavirus, I wonder if there is any value in maintaining any contact with them besides extreme necessity. I deleted my Facebook profile permanently because I was sick of seeing them getting indoctrinated and indoctrinating others in turn.
Right now, I'm in a fork in the road deciding whether to pursue or vocation with a Catholic Traditionalist group (the SSPX) or not. My mom concern-trolled me that she was worried that I was doing so out of anger or out of a sense of rebellion from the mainstream Catholic Church.
From a normie's point of view (and I'd use their POV as a barometer of a normie's) I would be considered a radical; but I don't know how, after getting redpilled, you could see the way of the world and conclude "this is OK."
Then again I've been trying, and failing, to get them to stop calling me daily for the past fourteen years. I'm not sure what to do.
If there's ever a massive catastrophe, our close family will be one of the only humans who risk go in harms way to ensure our safety; there's not too many people who would die for us other than our family. This is the way The Creator programmed us (the same way mother animals die to protect their babies).