Latest Maxwell Post - Sarah's/Stevehovah's FU to critics?

[SPHASH]

New post up. They are now pimping HTML web design and Quickbooks. Pic of Joe and Elissa in that awful white background and Chris an NR Anna with the kids. NR has Ruth dolled up in frumpers.

[LurkerOverThePond]

New post up. They are now pimping HTML web design and Quickbooks. Pic of Joe and Elissa in that awful white background and Chris an NR Anna with the kids. NR has Ruth dolled up in frumpers.

Before reading the heading and the text, when I saw that pic of Joe&Elissa I was sure there was going to be a rattle announcement.

[PrairieGirl]

New post up. They are now pimping HTML web design and Quickbooks. Pic of Joe and Elissa in that awful white background and Chris an NR Anna with the kids. NR has Ruth dolled up in frumpers.

They really need to come up with some new material. It's the same crap they've been schilling for a while.

Anna Marie seems like a loving mother, but I have a feeling that her daughters will be frumpy in comparison to Mel's daughters.

Not that that is a bad thing. My fashion preferences are jeans and a T-shirt when out in public. When at home, fluffy jammie pants serve me perfectly fine. :D

Here's a Pepsi, Terri. :soda:

ETA: I am calling shenanigans on that testimonal by "Victoria". There is no way that a woman would have been allowed to take Joseph's class. Why, what if she had a question and had to call him? As her mentor, wouldn't he be required to SPEAK TO HER ON THE PHONE? She sounds like a homewrecking hussy to me. Plus she is only a woman. She has a vagina, not a brain for crying out loud.

[socalrules]

Anyone notice that they seem to post a lot more lately? It used to be once or twice a week. I feel like it is now every other day.

[Jana814]

It is indeed horrible. I have complete sympathy for Sarah and all of the Maxwell kids, yes, even including the smug Christopher and Joseph. All of them did not ask to be born into such a clusterfuck and they cannot help that their dad went off the deep end and their mom was battling depression. They cannot help that their dad has set things up so they are all dependent on him in some shape or form. I found the word "engineering" to be quite apt, Steveovah went from engineering things in his career to engineering his family.

I have to agree with you. None of them asked to be born into a family where the father was a nutjob.

[salex]

To which I reply

wix.com

Wordpress

Weebly.com

I manage a not for profit site and a corporate site on Wix. It meets our needs. I have actually been asked by an outside group to create another site in the same way, based on my existing sites... I have no complaints, it is inexpensive and did I say it meets our needs?

Would wysiwyg work for everyone? No.

Would they work for most of the people the Maxwell's are seeking to train? Probably.

[browncoatslytherin]

We at the Maxwell house believe in learning

:lol: :lol: :lol:

right. pull the other one, sarah.

[sparkles]

To which I reply

wix.com

Wordpress

Weebly.com

I manage a not for profit site and a corporate site on Wix. It meets our needs. I have actually been asked by an outside group to create another site in the same way, based on my existing sites... I have no complaints, it is inexpensive and did I say it meets our needs?

Would wysiwyg work for everyone? No.

Would they work for most of the people the Maxwell's are seeking to train? Probably.

Squarespace too. But then you run the risk of having your entire fortress of belief crumble in the face of a worldly template placeholder image.

At this point, their blog is nothing more than in infomercial. Order before 9 and you get not one but TWO animals crackers!

[FloraKitty35]

I was struck by something about Sarah's post from the book of Habbakuk, Chapter 3: “When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble…â€. Did Sarah eat a bad burrito?

[thoughtful]

But then you run the risk of having your entire fortress of belief crumble in the face of a worldly template placeholder image.

:lol: What a great sentence!

At this point, their blog is nothing more than in infomercial. Order before 9 and you get not one but TWO animals crackers!

Salvation for sale -- cheap!*

*Shipping and handling extra.

[ILoveJellybeans]

I was struck by something about Sarah's post from the book of Habbakuk, Chapter 3: “When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble…â€. Did Sarah eat a bad burrito?

Haha she probably accidentally took 5 minutes too long to dust the ceiling fan or accidentally had fun, so Steve banished her to the prayer closet for a week.

[VodouDoll]

I am calling shenanigans on that testimonal by "Victoria". There is no way that a woman would have been allowed to take Joseph's class. Why, what if she had a question and had to call him? As her mentor, wouldn't he be required to SPEAK TO HER ON THE PHONE? She sounds like a homewrecking hussy to me. Plus she is only a woman. She has a vagina, not a brain for crying out loud.

Women and girls can take the class, they just don't get the one on one tutoring that men and boys do. If a woman customer calls they have to talk to Anna, who is not a tutor, she's an "encourager." She can't help customers with the material, but she'll cheer them on until they figure it out themselves. Needless to say, the Maxwells don't offer a lady discount even though women get a gender-biased subpar education experience at One Ton Ramp.

Also, wtf is this Quickbooks testimonial woman talking about?

And I appreciated the atmosphere as well--notably lacking the worldly influences.

What worldly influences does one typically encounter in a Quickbooks tutorial? I've wanted to know this ever since the Maxwells started touting this as a feature of their courses! What worldly influences do they and their followers think usually happen during Quickbooks instruction?

[nelliebelle1197]

I once attended a Quickbooks seminar that featured pornography and optional orgies. Don't they all?

[twin2]

I once attended a Quickbooks seminar that featured pornography and optional orgies. Don't they all?

Mine didn't.

It involved evolution and satanic rituals.

[salex]

I once attended a Quickbooks seminar that featured pornography and optional orgies. Don't they all?

You must have asked for the Spartacus option....

[KittenMitten]

I once attended a Quickbooks seminar that featured pornography and optional orgies. Don't they all?

I don't even know what a Quickbooks seminar is, but I want to go to yours.

[PrairieGirl]

Needless to say, the Maxwells don't offer a lady discount even though women EVERYONE gets a gender-biased subpar education experience at One Ton Ramp.

Fixed that for ya.

[kaschmit]

Woah Woah- you cant talk to the male instructors if you are female? Do we have a source on this?! I mean, I believe if for the Maxwells, but I really want to see it for msyelf. They couldnt possibly alienate 50% of their potential clients... could they??

[sparkles]

Woah Woah- you cant talk to the male instructors if you are female? Do we have a source on this?! I mean, I believe if for the Maxwells, but I really want to see it for msyelf. They couldnt possibly alienate 50% of their potential clients... could they??

They've actually change this policy since it was first posted. Originally it said something like "Whoa! You mean my daughter is going to be talking to a man?!?" It was an absolute no-no to have a mentor of the opposite sex. It probably still is but they're dancing around the issue here.

What if I have concerns about a male mentor coaching my daughter, or a female mentor coaching my son?

The primary instruction occurs during the webinars, via email, and on the class forum. For the encouraging phone calls, a student signing up for a course taught by an opposite gender instructor may request a same-gender mentor. If your daughter is signing up for a course with a male mentor, you are free to request a lady as a mentor. Or, if your son is signing up for a course led by a female mentor, you are welcome to request a man as the mentor. This approach has worked very well for us because the phone calls are designed to check progress and encourage the student, not to cover technical material – which enables the alternate mentor to not require the same material knowledge as the primary mentor.

[VodouDoll]

Oh, interesting! Looks like Anna got a promotion from encourager to mentor! Good for her.

[feministing]

Finally got it to come up. Yeah, whatever Sarah.

But seriously…

Say what? Is this more bible speak? She used it this way twice.

I have a friend who named her son Habakkuk. Her husband insisted on it because it's a family tradition in his family and she was too zonked out on labour drugs to realize what she'd just done. She regrets her decision. She refers to him as "Haba" or "Cookie". Her first child, a daughter, has a very pretty, normal name.

[uber frau]

Mine didn't.

It involved evolution and satanic rituals.

Mine involved large swathes of text from Das Kapital and the NIV. And burritos made with real beef (This is obviously persecution, since I am a vegetarian.)

[Coco]

I stressed quite a bit over the weekend about a work project I completed Thursday and was to hear responses about today, Monday. Three days to worry and wonder and fear and doubt...while also feeling it was fine, good, well done. The back and forth in my brain is something I think most everyone can easily relate to when waiting to hear feedback/results of something you've put your efforts into.

It's all fine and I have felt serious relief all day that it's over and I accomplished what needed to be done.

Never in all of that did I feel bad about myself or my worth. My stress was over the project and whether or not the work I did was the right thing. I didn't need to fall into some biblespeak to make myself accept or understand that I am not perfect. And, even if it did turn out that I needed to redo something, I would feel disappointed and probably frustrated, but again, I wouldn't need to bury myself in the words of any bible or god in order to live with it. Big girl panites up and all that.

I fear for her. I really do. I don't think she will cope when her parents are gone and let's face it, baring illness or accident for her, they will die before she does.

How the hell will she feel any worth then?

The brainwashing is so ingrained by now. Steve based his brainwashing on the Bible. His children will always have Scripture and their fear of hell to keep them from questioning things. By now, it would be simpler for Sarah to remain single than to build a relationship with someone she hasn't grown up with, and all of his family and his history. She might be past the point where she could adapt to becoming a wife, a mom and having to care for a husband, children and a household. It hasn't been easy for me, married in my late 20's, and i had the benefit of a half-lifetime of regular cultural experiences before the weird journey my parents took into fundie-land. Even in my fundie years i could see the light at the end of the tunnel because we weren't so sheltered. Her experience is sheltered beyond imagination. i think she's already completely shut down. Joseph flying that helicopter in with the ring as a joke during his wedding rehearsal must have given her chills; so thrilling lol

My guess is that Sarah's probably going to slip into fantasy, with her writings about the Moodys as her outlet for her maternal feelings. The Moodys are the little Stevehovah family that she can control. None of her characters are ever going to be any different than what she's used to, or develop beyond what she's experienced IRL, since she has no incoming information that hasn't been filtered through either Steve or her other male authority figures - her brothers. Childlike bubble of protection: deaf, blind and mute to the things going on in the world. She will never have to adapt to another person's way of life beyond her safe, structured Maxwell MOTH schedule. Finding obscure meanings and comfort in Bible verses that she's read a thousand times, smiling at the same childhood memories provoked by the same old household items, laughing at the same jokes, taking the same vacation, doing the same chores, saying the same things to people at the conferences, the same Stevehovah-approved everything. Soothing away any anxiety she may ever feel. She probably already can't cope well with extended experiences of being in a new place or around energetic children who aren't family. It must take her weeks to recover from their book tours. So many new, strange people who are actually so similar to the Maxwells.

Her calendar is crossing off days until the glorious appearing of her Lord and Savior. That or her deathday. Heaven, for her, is very real.

[VodouDoll]

I feel like if you think about this Maxwell answer for even a few seconds it kind of falls apart.

Or, if your son is signing up for a course led by a female mentor, you are welcome to request a man as the mentor. This approach has worked very well for us because the phone calls are designed to check progress and encourage the student, not to cover technical material – which enables the alternate mentor to not require the same material knowledge as the primary mentor.

First of all, there aren't any classes with female teachers. This is Nathan, Christopher, and Joseph's thing. So the first part is moot. In the second part, he admits that the alternate mentor (that is, Anna) doesn't have the same knowledge of the subject as the regular teachers do, so what good is she?

Also you can't possibly tell me that Steve is cool with Anna talking on the phone to guys she doesn't know, even if they're her brothers' customers/students. I don't believe it.

[Justme]

I feel like if you think about this Maxwell answer for even a few seconds it kind of falls apart.

First of all, there aren't any classes with female teachers. This is Nathan, Christopher, and Joseph's thing. So the first part is moot. In the second part, he admits that the alternate mentor (that is, Anna) doesn't have the same knowledge of the subject as the regular teachers do, so what good is she?

Also you can't possibly tell me that Steve is cool with Anna talking on the phone to guys she doesn't know, even if they're her brothers' customers/students. I don't believe it.

If Stevie allows Anna to "work" (this crap they peddle IS working), then he's unconsciously admitting she will never marry and he needs to allow her to have a way to support herself. :roll: