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u/DevonianAge · 1 pointr/SRSBeliefs

If you are so inclined, it might be helpful to read Moral Politics by George Lakoff. He's a linguist and a progressive/democrat activist person, and some of his books are straightford political advocacy books. That one however, is more of a linguistics/ psychology book. In it he advances his theory that political positions (including on gay marriage) tend to stem from our tendency to consider political/societal level issues from the vantage point of our unconscious/ received assumptions about how families ought to work on an authoritarian-nurturing spectrum. Basically, on an unconscious level, we analogize. I found the book repetitive and boring at times, but his basic premise has been pretty useful way to think about these things for me.

Anyway, maybe thinking about this issue from some other perspectives-- sociology, gender politics, civil liberties, etc. could help you gain perspective on the ultimate source of your discomfort (as in, why is this a key religious belief for so many people? What does the status quo actually do-- who does it benefit, and why?). Once you understand your motivations a little better, maybe things won't feel the same anymore.

u/HarimadSol · 1 pointr/SRSBeliefs

I'm sorry, wedding arguments are terrible! The whole thing makes people so tense, and the stakes seem so high..

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with interfaith weddings. I did find this book: Celebrating Interfaith Marriages: Creating Your Jewish/Christian Ceremony by googling, but you've probably done all that already.

The thing I can understand about your mother's point of view is that the words "Jesus Christ" can have negative resonances for some Jews in a way that the words of Jewish prayers will not, I believe, have for Christians. However, it is your wedding, not your mother's, and so your feelings should matter more - how you can convince her of that, though, I don't know.

(Can you have Chrisitan prayers without using the words "Jesus Christ"? Or would that be too much of a compromise? Or is not the words she's objecting to, but just Christian prayers in general?)