SarahM has a BIG announcement on Monday!

[LucySnowe]

Here's some 'wtf bible' for your reading pleasure; I'm sure there are plenty of verses here that cry out to be memorized!

http://listverse.com/2008/01/31/top-10- ... cal-tales/

[gardenvarietycitizen]

I was taught that we are to "hide the word in our heart" because our Bibles will be taken away during the "time of trouble" and we will need to have the bible memorized in order to access it.

The Maxwells have written similarly, not so much about a specific time of trouble but that you are to live by the Bible all the time 24/7, and so the most convenient thing is to have it memorized so that scripture is always there at the ready when you're needing to be inspired or find the answer to some problems.

[sparkles]

It's all very Fahrenheit 451, except instead of memorizing books in order to preserve great works of culture and history, they're preserving an excuse for continued isolation, narrow-mindedness and the Way of Steve.

[kpmom]

You know, just when you think Stevie can't get any more obnoxious, arrogant, and terse, he exceeds himself again. In the comments, someone (not Mariah C. :D ) said she was getting error message when trying to sign up her family for the contest. Stevie's response:

Instead of offering help or another way to sign up, he just cannot admit that their homemade internet site might not work properly. Some other lady ("Lydia") complained about the same problem, too, but those golden Maxhell brothers cannot do wrong!

Stevie, really, go fuck yourself. Honestly, I'm surprised you have any customers left if that's the way you deal with them. They are the ones that bring the animal crackers to your table. Something to think about.

I love his answer to Lydia. "Just sign up and you're all set." Uh, Steve? She's telling you the form won't let her sign up. What part of that is hard for you to understand?

There's also an Amy who is having trouble signing up.

Obviously these silly women need to sign up for 1Ton Ramp and learn how these things work.

[johnhugh]

I love his answer to Lydia. "Just sign up and you're all set." Uh, Steve? She's telling you the form won't let her sign up. What part of that is hard for you to understand?

There's also an Amy who is having trouble signing up.

Obviously these silly women need to sign up for 1Ton Ramp and learn how these things work.

The Mariah C comment is a classic :clap: :clap:

I think a few more of us naysayers should comment that we too are getting error messages and send the 1 Ton Ramp technical department in a frenzy. :wink-penguin:

[VooDooChild]

Well, the arrogant Maxwells finally figured out the form error was on their end and fixed it. How nice of them. No apologies for the terse comments, lack of listening skills, lack of empathy that their leghumpers couldn't sign up to join the "fun" when they obviously so badly wanted to that they commented about the issue. ASSHAT.

I was going to sign up but I don't want to leave a phone number or should I use my cell phone number because I never, seriously, never use my cell phone except to take pictures while I'm out.

[IReallyAmHopewell]

Does Sarah keep any of the income from her Moody books?

I'm sure she'd want either Daddy or future husband to have any money she earns. Or, she uses it to buy gifts for the nursing home [which honestly IS fine by me if that's what she wants to do with it].

[freejugar]

they ask for your phone number so they might call and listen to the kids recite the scripts.

wtf?! creepy!

[FloraDoraDolly]

The new Corner is out. I won't post any spoilers. But it gave me an idea for a game you can try out on your family and friends who aren't familiar with the Maxwells... Have them read this Corner (or any of them, really) and then ask them to guess how old they think the Maxwell "children" are. I doubt anybody will guess that Steve and Teri are writing about grown men and women plus one seventeen-year-old. They'll probably think the *oldest* kid is seventeen!

[Pandora Moon]

Since the Maxwells are family orientated perhaps they would be interested in what Jesus has to say in this passage.

Luke 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

That's right folks Jesus says to hate your family and yourself. The Maxwells have got the last part right.

[rural juror]

The new Corner is out. I won't post any spoilers. But it gave me an idea for a game you can try out on your family and friends who aren't familiar with the Maxwells... Have them read this Corner (or any of them, really) and then ask them to guess how old they think the Maxwell "children" are. I doubt anybody will guess that Steve and Teri are writing about grown men and women plus one seventeen-year-old. They'll probably think the *oldest* kid is seventeen!

Just read the Corner. Aside from the expected craziness, this part was particularly interesting:

"Note: With the recent event that has rocked the homeschool community, we debated whether to go ahead with the combination November Mom’s and Dad’s Corner that was already written before we heard the news. We did not want to seem insensitive. We are very aware of our flesh, our sin, and the potential for our falling. We need accountability and Internet protection to help keep us on the path we desire to be on. That is the very reason we wrote these articles, and we realized they are perhaps even more important today than they were a week ago."

Could they be talking about Doug Phillips?? They don't seem like Vision Forum followers.....

[kpmom]

Well, the arrogant Maxwells finally figured out the form error was on their end and fixed it. How nice of them. No apologies for the terse comments, lack of listening skills, lack of empathy that their leghumpers couldn't sign up to join the "fun" when they obviously so badly wanted to that they commented about the issue. ASSHAT.

I'm laughing myself silly reading the comments of daybreak and Amy who are wondering why the Maxwells are getting a lot of sign ups as they are having trouble signing up, and then trying to help each other through the comment section because the Maxwells couldn't be bothered to offer any help.

And this is a family who wants people to take IT classes from them? :roll:

[VooDooChild]

The new Corner is out. I won't post any spoilers. But it gave me an idea for a game you can try out on your family and friends who aren't familiar with the Maxwells... Have them read this Corner (or any of them, really) and then ask them to guess how old they think the Maxwell "children" are. I doubt anybody will guess that Steve and Teri are writing about grown men and women plus one seventeen-year-old. They'll probably think the *oldest* kid is seventeen!

:shock: Disturbing! What a screwed up family!!

[Marian the Librarian]

Now that Doug Phillips (is a tool) has gotten himself into a nice big heap o' trouble, my deepest, fondest Christmas wish is for Stevehovah be taken down several hundred pegs. Given his latest terse, less-than-helpful responses to the commenters trying to sign up for the memorization contest, it's a wonder anyone would be willing to spend so much as a plug nickel on Maxhell ways and wares. "Making Great Conversationalists," my gluteus maximus.

[Odd1Out]

"Alicia and Alanna on November 4, 2013 at 10:45 am said:

Wow! We are sooooo excited! Our family, parents included , are participating! We look forward to encouraging each other as we hide God’s Word in our hearts. We look forward to the hot chocolate, fireplace, and family time reading Christmas comes to Sunflower!

The Lord has used the Moody books to encourage and challenge our family. They are also great family time. Thank you for your faithful work for Him!

Alicia and Alanna

For they (His Words) are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:22"

Anyone who is able to post the above quote is, in my thinking, too old to get excited about the Moody books!

[salex]

they ask for your phone number so they might call and listen to the kids recite the scripts.

wtf?! creepy!

I expect they ask for your phone number because they read here and saw one of the FJ people won on of the conversationalists books, and think that people won't give their phone number to screw with them. I suspect there are plenty of ways ot manage it

[Odd1Out]

Arrrgh! Just read the November corners. STEVE- your. Children. Are. No. Longer. Children. Please accept this and move on. You and Terie are very disturbing people. Please read your own article and tell me how this does not sound like you are still raising school age children. They are adults you freaking idiot!! Who's to say Terie is accountable for her internet usage. Just because she's married, but poor 30 year old Sarah can't be trusted. And why does she need to be trusted. She should be able to look at and read anything she wants to. Christianity is not about never doing wrong, being so sheltered that you never sin. That does not provide salvation for your offspring. And please, they all decided they wanted accountability. Who would say no to you Steve????

[twin2]

The new Corner is out. I won't post any spoilers. But it gave me an idea for a game you can try out on your family and friends who aren't familiar with the Maxwells... Have them read this Corner (or any of them, really) and then ask them to guess how old they think the Maxwell "children" are. I doubt anybody will guess that Steve and Teri are writing about grown men and women plus one seventeen-year-old. They'll probably think the *oldest* kid is seventeen!

Sarah is thirty-effing-one, she should be trusted to look at anything she wants to on the computer.

Steve and Terrie have gone so far off the deep end it can't even be measured any more.

**Wonder if we make it through the K9 blocker?????

[johnhugh]

That Corner is depressing and full of contradictions.

Stevie and Teri wrote

First, we have had our children share bedrooms—a boys’ bedroom and a girls’ bedroom. With less privacy, there is less opportunity for failure since there is often accountability and even when a child is alone in his bedroom, he never knows when a sibling will enter.

I thought that it was their choice?

I wonder how this internet child protection thing works? Ok it blocks porn, but a Maxwell version would need to block, news, sport, music with a beat etc etc sites....

And Teri who cannot even remind Stevie to pick up a pizza is allowed to control his internet usage. :wtf:

[Hane]

From the comments:

Also I was wondering me and my best friend might do this together as a little project. You said that we need to say are verses to are mum and dad however If me and my friend did this as a group project would it still count if we said our verses to each other instead?

Thanks.

>>>>>>>>>

Yes. You do need to say them to one of your parents at the end though.

Because, dear God in Heaven, you need to remove the taint incurred from practicing Bible verses with fr*ends by reciting them the RIGHT way, to your parents!

[gardenvarietycitizen]

Sarah is thirty-effing-one, she should be trusted to look at anything she wants to on the computer.

...and if she doesn't want to look at porn, she should have the self control to not go to places she's likely to find it, and back quickly out if she hits a NSFW link.

Although... they've been protected for so long, they probably don't have the sort of "built in filter" in their brains that gives normally socialized adults the sense of what search terms might not be so great to look for. That's just one of the dangers of sheltering, maybe.

But you know? I'm middle aged, been on the internet from before the "web" part existed, I am (truly!) not a fan of porn. Somehow I manage to use the internet without any filters and I'm not being surprised with porn (or gore, for that matter!) 24/7. I surf the web at work (when code is compiling, of course :D) and never have a problem, most adults on mainstream websites are courteous enough to mark questionable content with "NSFW" and that's enough. Use an ad blocker to prevent any questionably clad people in ads for questionable phone numbers that occasionally do show up alongside reposted pop magazine articles, and you're good.

Of course, no doubt there's plenty of stuff that is perfectly safe for a professional workplace but utterly forbidden to the Maxwells...

Heck, I'm even okay to look at sexual topics, if you don't want porn, you know to hit the dry definition sites like Wikipedia or some medical places. (You can even read the definition of "gonzo porn" on Wikipedia if you're wondering what it was, as I was, and it's perfectly sterile.) You know never to type in a URL directly but instead use a search engine so you can see the summaries, and use common sense when clicking the results. Surely all of this is perfectly obvious to anyone in here, but you get the idea.

They just come off as people who have absolutely no self-control or normal maturity to speak of. Heaven forbid someone know the existence of a candy bowl and walk away from it.

[Justme]

So who is Teri accountable to? Sounds like she can go whoever she wants. I don't for one minute believe Teri is in control over Stevie's internet. If so, she would never allow him to come here! We know he is here. "Boys" "girls", so disturbing....

[SPHASH]

I know its been said here before but its worth repreating...if you distrusy your 31 year old daughter so much you have to shelter her then you suck at parenting.

[SPHASH]

I know its been said here before but its worth repreating...if you distrust your 31 year old daughter so much you have to shelter her then you suck at parenting.

[johnhugh]

Do the reversals even know what porn is, or that it excisists?