Really? Seriously?

At church I teach the 12-18 year old girls.  We have a specific manual that is used churchwide and sometimes I wonder what was going through the minds of writers.

This was a conversation I had with a friend…

From: cimblog(tm)
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:49 PM
Subject: er…

The following case studies show how our thoughts can influence our ability to succeed.

Case Study 1
Cindy’s mother was hurrying to get dinner ready by 6:00 because she had a meeting at 7:30. Cindy was thinking about an assignment for school the next day as she put the plates and silverware at each place. Mother called from the kitchen, “Hurry, Cindy; you are so slow.” Cindy had been told she was slow quite a few times lately, and she was beginning to believe it. “I guess I am slow,” she thought.

• How could Cindy change her negative response into a more positive one?

—–Original Message—–
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: er…

She could get a knife out of the kitchen drawer and stab her mother? What kinda crap is this?

—–Original Message—–
From: cimblog(tm)
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: er…

i was thinking she could hurl a plate at her mother, thereby severing her head right off her body.

This sort of dialogue seems more geared toward, I don’t know, 10 years and under, wouldn’t you say?  So then I had this conversation, which made me feel much better!

OJai: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
OJai: heeee good on you guys!
cimblog(tm): i’m going to hell, aren’t i?
OJai: uh, no
cimblog(tm): i just savagely killed a hypothetical case study mother
OJai: oh who hasn’t done that