Prophecies

[The Reality Salesman01]

Unless you have some say in custody get ready to bite the bullet when it comes to you sons education. My ex turned fundy on me when my son was four. Divorce came four yrs later and she (being female) ended up with full custody. Next thing I know it's home school time. Lawyers said unless I can show some form of abuse or neglect that the court will recognize I have no say. Has fucked him up to this day and he's now 30. 

Hopefully there is no Jim Jones or Marshall Applewhite in her and her fundy friends. 

Oh, and Welcome Woof!

Thank God I have 50% custody!

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You left your son alone with this woman? I think homeschooling your kid because you're antiscience, and you want the bible to be their primary source of information when dealing with a modern world should count as abuse.

I agree. And if she allows him to miss a single day of school I'll have her in court to have our custody re-evaluated faster than she can say "Hallelujah"! My sister in law is a child psychologist. She works for the state to evaluate children for custody disputes. She's keeping me very informed of the way to handle this going forward.

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Salesman! Welcome back! You know me as Ivy. Nice to have you back.

My ex’s girlfriend is a catechism teacher. She wants my kids to do all that Catholic stuff. Lucky for me, I talked some sense into my ex before we split up, and he prefers to keep my kids out of churchy stuff. Safe! Hope everything turns out fine for your son, yo!

Hey IVY! Thanks, and I like your new name...it's my son's name!

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Yup! I tried to explain, but she's convinced that she has exclusive knowledge of the truth. Once someone has made that jump, the wall has been firmly erected to prevent any rational explanation from getting through.

Of course. But you can still have some fun with it. Show the list to her. When she looks it over you point out that she has had a moment of doubt. That means she's going to Hell. As she wouldn't want any Hell-bound person making educational decisions for her child she has to recuse herself from the whole process. 

In other words, fuck with her head.

OH, I've been fucking with her alright. As for her head, she's got that foil hat on there pretty tight! She's not at all concerned about her beliefs being logically coherent from one statement to another. For example, in one sentence she can condemn science as an unreliable conspiracy, and in the same breath, make a statement about a scheduled EMP that is foretold in the Bible. When pressed for supporting information, she cites an unrelated NASA discovery! I asked her why NASA was all of he sudden a credible source. After all, the people that work there think the earth is round and are spreading lies about it being older than she thinks. She's absolutely bonkers...