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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoa OP.

You lost my sympathy at your last few posts.  You went from reasonable to horrific and judgemental in just a few taps on the keyboard.[/quote]

Fair enough!  Criticism accepted!  Of course I don't see the neighbors in these extreme ways. However sometimes to accept a difficult situation I will follow something on a continuum to its extreme... or worst case scenario...to understand and follow the continuum the other way as well.  I don't cling to those results of course - its more to see where something could lead.  And I am personally terrified by religious or other group-think that can take over even sensible people's choices.  Think Nazis - although not grounded in religion they started in neighborhoods.  Then began creating Gaus in neighborhoods and we all know how that ended up.

NOT that I think that would happen here or especially even with these neighbors - I'm not saying that - but it does help me to look at the psychology of it, even if its extreme and not real in the present context.  Rest assured I am sensible in the end.  I was hoping for a response on how women in these sorts of Christian fundamentalist groups treat one another but yes took that too far.

If I'm judging the neighbors (honestly how can I not at this point) I'm balancing it out with telling myself "oh of course they believe that b/c it helps them with xyz..."  Humanizing.  Thats what is important to remember.[/quote]

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