The Best of Her.meneutics 2012: Writers' Choice
We already know, based on last week's top 10 list, what Her.meneutics articles got the most pageviews. Now we find out which posts stood out among our own writers.
Bowing Down to Your Birthing Ball? Dismantling the Idol of the Perfect Birth, by Gloria Furman, guest writer (July 30)
Sharon Hodde Miller: "This year I became pregnant and was introduced to the crazy culture of American motherhood. The learning curve is steep, the opinions dogmatic. As I prepared to give birth and become a mother, I often found myself tempted to exert control over every detail I could, which only produced greater anxiety in me. Fortunately, Furman's piece corrected my perspective and re-centered it on God."
Bullied News Anchors and Our Fear of Fat, by Lisa Ann Cockrel (October 8)
Rachel Marie Stone: "Even Christian books on health and diet miss the important fact that, as Cockrel writes, 'Health is an equation, full of variables, many of which we can't see or don't understand.' Her post reminds us that the fear of fat is often an irrational one that impedes us in loving and accepting our neighbors—and sometimes ourselves."
Love Your Neighbor. Get Your Vaccines, by Rachel Marie Stone (August 20)
Courtney Reissig: "I have long wondered how to think clearly about these issues but have lacked a clear understanding of how this all relates to our responsibility as Christians. As an experienced mom, Rachel brings up important points to consider and gives this soon-to-be mom a helpful framework for thinking through the vaccine issue."
Sooo Grateful for My Awesome Hubbie and Life! by Lesley Sebek Miller, guest writer (October 18)
Alicia Cohn: "There were so many good posts this year, it's hard to pick a favorite, but this one by Miller is one I still think about often. It's easy to use social media to glorify the good and gloss over the difficult, and I appreciated the reminder to avoid creating a digital image of our 'awesome' life that fails to glorify God or encourage others. I also like that the post included a check-list of our 'responsibilities as Christian online content creators.' "
Gaining the Whole World Wide Web without Losing Our Souls, by Amy Simpson (September 14)
Halee Gray Scott: "Whether it's an iPhone, iPad, or laptop, we're connected everywhere, to everyone, all the time. It's an easy and convenient way to work and socialize, but it's also easy to forget what real relationships are. Amy's article is a good conversation starter about the ramifications of the Internet for our relationships and spiritual life."
Auditing America's Political Integrity
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Karen Beculhimer
I've seen one of these articles make the rounds on Facebook!
Lesley
Thanks for including me, Alicia!
AnnAgain
Yes a multimillion dollar company (Pepsi) stopped using a particular research company simply because this group (cogforlife) told them to! Of course I am being sarcastic! Pepsi can do what they want but even THEY knew what they were doing was morally wrong. The same group - http://www.cogforlife.org/ - have the information, research and data that shows aborted baby cell lines are used in the development of SOME vaccines. Even the Catholic Pope has responded to what they have had to say and what they do. I have personally contacted the lady who runs cogforlife for further information and clarification. I do not think you can get better research then actually contacting the people involved in all of this.... She stipulated that some of the aborted baby cell lines when the developed vaccine is removed still cling to the vaccine and in her words "in alarming amounts". This is just the start. There is a lot more about some vaccinations. There is many different things I could say. But a Christian person or a Christian group I thought could not at the very least DENY how morally wrong it is to use aborted baby cell lines in developing ANY product. So this is one of many points... a starting point at the very least. And for those who use snopes.... they are very bias in how they presented their conclusion and did not do their own research very well or properly either. Not the first time I have seen snopes do this. They have their own worldview from which they operate and it isn't Christian! However regardless if they are in the vaccine or not - nothing should be produced or made better because of an aborted baby. As a Christian I do not believe it is morally acceptable to use an aborted baby and benefit from its death. Especially when easy alternatives can be and should be used.
Taylor
What a reputable website AnnAgain. You should look up some research methods. Give me a break, only in the developed world do we refuse vaccines. It's all fun and games until there's a polio outbreak and your kid's life is on the line, along with any others who could potentially suffer from poor decision making.
AnnAgain
Some of these should have been in the WORST top ten articles of 2012 - especially "Love Your Neighbor. Get Your Vaccines" - what a joke! lol Instead of presenting truth many of the articles teach perversions. Even if for the FACT that some vaccines are developed on aborted baby cell lines and when removed from the cell lines some aborted baby cells still cling to the vaccine used (no that is not a fallacy or false internet "rumor" - they are check it out properly! I have...) A good place to start - http://www.cogforlife.org/ Run by a godly Christian women... That is why Pepsi stopped using a company that used aborted baby cell lines as food taste receptors (she stopped them from her godly work - all the information is there to find.....) No I did not say they were IN the food but were used in the experiments for better tasting food.
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