Recently, my niece had two piercings done on either side of her bottom lip- it's horrible! Anyway, her parents dont seem to mind at all but I do know some of our congregation aren't happy about this and I can't get my sister or her husband to realise that this jewlery isn't appropriate, especially for a 17 year old girl!
Should I talk to my niece, since her parents won't listen? I don't want to leave her be and upset more congregation members!
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Dude, her own parents don't fucking care, why should you? Besides, two lip rings doesn't mean she'll go to the devil or whatnot.
(Although I am personally against it)
It's accessorizing, June. It's no different from cutting one's hair or putting on makeup, although convention considers it rebellious. But here's the thing, June - convention changes and is changing. Conservative adults will always be shocked, but one generation's shock is another generation's convention.
YOU MUST SAVE THIS FILTHY WHORE FROM SATANS GRASP!!!! PEIRCINGS ARE WHAT DEMONS WILL LEAD HER AROUND BY!!!!!
ONLY GOD KNOWS WHATS GOOD FOR HER SO BRING HER TO GOD!!!! HER PARENTS TOO!!!!! THEY HAVE FAILED AT RAISING A HELPMEET FOR HER FUTURE HUSBAND AND ALLOWING HER TO BE FILLED WITH DEMONS!!!!!! IT IS YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD CHRISTRIAN TO FORCE HER TO LOVE GOD SO THAT GOD DOES NOT FORCE HER INTO HELL!!! HER PARENTS WILL THANK YOU FOR IT ONCE THEY SEE THE ERROR OF THERE WAYS!!!
SAVE THIS DIRTY WHORE FROM HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see.
The feelings and opinions of other people are more important to you than the feelings of your niece and her parents.
Just how fucked-up are your priorities, lady?
eh, I don't particularly care for piercing either but what's done is done, can't control people, they don't like that.
The feelings and opinions of other people are more important to you than the feelings of your niece and her parents.
Of course. Fundyism is all about showing off how devout you are and bragging about how much God has blessed you.
(Of course this has taken a strange turn at RR now that they're bragging about how many demon attacks they have to withstand, but it's still all about what great Christians they are.)
1Pe 4:15: But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
You do want to be a good Christian and follow the Word of God, don't you?
If she wants to, and her parents let her, it's none of your damn business.
OK, kiddies - quiz time:
>> She's got the piercings and she's happy with them.
>> A few congregation members see the piercings and get upset.
Now. Which one has the problem?
Should I talk to my niece, since her parents won't listen?
No. You should wind your neck in and mind your own business.
Ok, I agree that the two piercings are probably awful, but if it doesn't bother her parents or herself, just let the girl be!
Also, tell the congregation members to fuck off and mind their own business
Well, if it's those snakebites, or whatever, I'm inclined to agree, personally. but it's her body, and if her parents don't care, you and the congregation can just butt out.
Maybe you should let her parents raise their own child. Stop being a busybody and mind your own business. As for your fellow church members, they should do something more meaningful, like throw a picnic.
And why don't you mind your business, you and the congregation?. Or, mind you, you're opening the door to be critisised in the future.
It seems that you're more concerned about you and the congregation members than about your niece and her parents. It seems too to me that you talk so much about parental authority to advocate child abuse and other brutalities but here you don't bear in mind the parents' opinion. Ok, would you follow Jesus's teachings about the straw in the eye or judge not, let alone for appearances?
In an old series of drawings by Shel Silverstein, Moses is given 20 commandments, but finds the tablets too heavy and so cuts them in half and only takes down 10. One of the ones he leaves behind is "Thou shalt mind thine own business." No other commandment could be more apt here, June.
Personally, I find facial piercings disturbing. But there are only three people whose business this is: the girl herself, and her two parents. That's it. If they're all okay with it, that's the end of the issue.
By the way, I recall seeing some ads once for a particular church that was trying to draw in new members by being very "youth friendly." One of the posters showed a somewhat graphic depiction of Jesus on the cross, and the caption read something like, "We welcome people with body piercings ." I thought it was kind of a shameless tactic, but I was glad to see that they at least were doing their best to buck the trend of conservative churches.
Eeew. Metal in your mouth all the time...
I mean um, everyone has the right to make themselves horribly uncomfortable to make a statement! Yay rights!
Do you ask her before you choose what necklace to wear to mass? Does your husband ask the other congregation members before he decides on which tie to wear?
Sure, if it's a funeral, she ought to consider leaving the piercings out, as funeral attire should be sombre and serious.
I have two piercings too, one in each earlobe. Is that kind of jewlery not appropriate, either?
Let's see what your Bible has to say about this;
1Th 4:11 "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,"
I guess that means you should just mind your own business!
she's 17, I think she's old enough to get piercings, especially since her parents are OK with it.
If other people are upset about it, then that's their problem.
Mind I hate the way facial piercings look, but that's my opinion and other people can pierce whatever parts of their own bodies they like.
Tell her she'll go to hell if she doesn't take out her piercings, and tell the congregation members she's only doing it to piss them off. If she doesn't already see the truth about your religion and church (maybe she's only attending because of her parents?), maybe this will help.
You're just her aunt, they are her parents. You defer to them in matters concerning her upbringing, and since they seem okay with it, you leave it alone. Not your call. If it were your kid, fine, but she's not. Stay out of it.
Silly person, of course snake-bites are made for 17 year old girls (seriously look at the demographics of those that have them)
Seriously, its her fucking body, you have no right to tell her what to do with it. Jeez
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