I am aware of the source. But another meaning is also “a brutal ruffian.” In which case my use of “insensitive” as a modifier seems redundant. “Lout” (meaning an awkward or stupid person) was actually my original thought, but then I decided that “thug” with its more violent image might actually better convey the idea.
Perhaps if I had contemplated the origin of the word, I might have further delighted in the irony.

Also, with respect to ‘leaving your father and mother, etc.’: The problem with Rosalynde W’s contextual reading is that it doesn’t leave any meaning. Even if married couples continued to live with their parents and under their authority, there must be some sense, emotional, spiritual, devotional, in which they were supposed to ‘leave’ their parents, right? If so, I don’t see why not living in your parents’ basement might not be the modern equivalent, given our different cultures and circumstances.

From one obsessed with words of all kinds: thug – from Hindi, a worshipper of Kali, the Hindu goddess caricatured in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

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No photos or illustrations though :(

Anna #40: Were there any pictures with that August 71 article?

No, reading this post I never had any doubt but that you did more on the gender front than mere ratios alone. No doubt at all. As for your discussed failure to be less gender hypersensitive, well that is probably a discussion left for another day.

On the Genesis quote, as I read it, the guy basically uses two quotes from SWK as his support for not living in basements. The original Adamic verse is used primarily as an organizational tool for all the author’s comments (leave, cleave, one flesh). Given his careful SWK sourcing, it seems a pretty reasonable attempt to apply the scriptures to our day explicitly considering the words of modern prophets.

Of course, had you not gotten all huffy/dudgeony I wouldn’t have bothered reading the article. Thanks!

(I know, I know, this is an old web canard and a bit of a generalization. Spare the Snopes links.

I have (as of this year) adopted my own liturgical calendar, based on a sweet little book from Deseret Book called something like A Christ-Centered Easter. It revolutionized Easter for our family this year. It will never be the same again. Easter bunnies and colored eggs no longer seem even remotely relevant. We did do the egg hunt and coloring – but AFTER all of the spiritual things had been done first.