Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 38 ｜ Before Believing Kavanaugh's Accuser

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00:01:04.940 midst of another blessed news cycle. Today, we are going to talk about Brett M. Kavanaugh,

00:01:11.540 the recent and more specific sexual assault allegations that have been leveled against him,

00:01:17.760 what it all means. And then we're going to kind of talk about in general, in the broader sense,

00:01:22.480 this idea of unconditionally, quote, believing the woman or believing the victim. I wrote a piece

00:01:30.260 for Town Hall that came out yesterday called Before Believing Kavanaugh's Accuser that outlined

00:01:36.340 all of the questions that I still have about this entire scenario that allegedly played out.

00:01:42.840 I encourage you to go to townhall.com and read and share that. It's basically just articulating

00:01:48.840 what I'm about to say on this podcast. So let me give you a little bit of a recap just in case you

00:01:54.640 haven't been paying attention to all of this. And if you haven't, I don't really blame you. It's been

00:01:59.340 stupid, dramatic theater for the past few weeks. So I'll just let you know what's been happening. 0.99

00:02:06.000 Last week, I believe it was Senator Feinstein from California. She's a Democrat.

00:02:10.120 She released a letter in which she vaguely alluded to a sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh.

00:02:18.100 She said someone came to her with this story and that it's being looked into. Of course,

00:02:24.840 the first reaction by most people was, wait, what? Why release something like this without

00:02:29.840 being willing to talk about the facts of the case or any specifics whatsoever? And the conclusion that

00:02:35.100 a lot of people came to, especially a lot of people on the right, including me,

00:02:38.540 is that, well, the only reason Feinstein would release something like this, someone who has been

00:02:43.840 adamantly opposed to Kavanaugh from the beginning, is to cause outrage about something, to cause outrage

00:02:49.940 about something that may or may not have happened. And honestly, because Feinstein went about it in this

00:02:56.820 way with all of this vagary, people just automatically assumed that it was a political stunt and that it

00:03:04.080 wasn't true. And there are further reasons that people believed that and still believe that Senator Feinstein

00:03:12.200 reportedly received the story from this sexual assault accuser in July. Yet she waited until only recently when

00:03:19.720 things were really heating up in the confirmation process. And when she did, she didn't reveal any details

00:03:26.960 whatsoever, just that it, whatever it actually is, happened. And at the time, I thought, like I said,

00:03:33.620 okay, nothing is ever going to come out of this. Nothing specific. This was just put out there to

00:03:40.640 make people mad and to put pressure on certain Republican senators to not confirm him. Because

00:03:46.060 anything involving a hint of sexual misconduct at this point in our history is enough to end someone's

00:03:51.740 career. I thought that they were just going to use this as kind of the straw to break Senator Murkowski

00:03:57.160 or Senator Collins back to get them to pull their support from Kavanaugh. Murkowski and Collins are two

00:04:03.780 Republican senators that often go to the left. They're easy victims for Democrats' ploys. So that's

00:04:11.620 what I thought. I tweeted that. I did an entire video for CRTV on that saying that these vague accusations

00:04:17.820 probably aren't real and Democrats don't really care if they're real. So some of that is still true,

00:04:23.300 but there's some nuance to it now that this Washington Post piece has come out. So it was

00:04:29.520 published on Sunday in which the accuser identified herself and told her story to this Washington Post

00:04:36.520 journalist. Her name is Christine Blasey Ford, and she is a professor in California. She contacted the

00:04:43.080 post after Senator Feinstein released the letter because she noticed that a lot of inaccuracies

00:04:48.480 were circulating regarding her story, and she wanted to set the record straight. She actually

00:04:54.900 said that she had hoped that her story would remain confidential, would be kept a secret when she sent

00:04:59.900 it to Feinstein. But Feinstein, of course, decided not to fulfill those wishes. Wonder why? So now this

00:05:06.500 woman felt the need to come forward and tell her story. She claims that when she was in high school,

00:05:12.000 more than 30 years ago, early 1980s, Kavanaugh brought her into a room at a party when they

00:05:19.120 were 17, while his friend Mark Judge watched the door and Brett Kavanaugh forced himself on her,

00:05:26.320 groped her, tried to take her clothes off. When she tried to scream, she says that he covered her

00:05:31.300 mouth. Apparently, Mark Judge then jumped on top of them and she was able to escape and then lock 1.00

00:05:36.780 herself in a bathroom. She said that she didn't talk about this until she was in couples,

00:05:41.840 therapy with her husband in 2012. And she said that she hadn't really realized that this was a

00:05:48.500 traumatic incident for her. When Kavanaugh was nominated, she reached out to Feinstein.

00:05:53.340 Like I said, she claims she wanted her story to remain confidential. But I mean, I'm really not sure

00:06:01.080 what she thought Feinstein was going to do with this information. Obviously, she wanted it to affect

00:06:07.900 what happened to Kavanaugh. And the only way that was going to happen was if people actually heard

00:06:12.540 about it. But I mean, I guess it's kind of besides the point. So she she makes these claims, which does

00:06:20.960 give more credence to the story than Feinstein's original letter, which kind of seemed like a

00:06:24.940 political stunt. But there are still some really serious aspects of this that should honestly give

00:06:30.600 us pause. Let me say first, though, that I want to believe this woman. I do. I want to believe that

00:06:37.700 there aren't sick, evil people out there who would make up lies like this in order to ruin someone's

00:06:43.560 entire life and career. And if this did happen, I actually believe that she didn't tell anyone until

00:06:50.200 2012. I think that's probably kind of normal. She was probably like, well, we were all drunk.

00:06:56.200 Uh, I shouldn't have been in that room, whatever. And she probably brushed it off as something that

00:07:01.360 she would really just like to forget. I don't think the fact that she never told anyone works

00:07:06.440 against her necessarily. And if this did happen, I feel badly for her. No, she wasn't actually raped

00:07:13.360 or hurt. But I can totally see why this was a really frightening, really scary thing that that scarred

00:07:20.840 her probably. Um, she said in the Washington Post piece that she thought he was going to inadvertently

00:07:26.660 kill her, which is really disturbing. Uh, that's something that would haunt you. So if this did

00:07:32.300 happen, I am sorry for her. I really am. And the immorality of sexual assault shouldn't be brushed

00:07:38.880 under the rug. So I never want to seem like that's what I'm trying to do. Um, but there are still

00:07:44.360 significant butts here. Uh, we just can't take this at face value considering the circumstances

00:07:50.180 under which this story came out. Uh, Democrats have already shown a severe aversion to facts

00:07:56.520 during this confirmation process. Uh, for example, Kamala Harris claimed that Kavanaugh opposed birth 0.99

00:08:01.120 control, a myth that has been completely debunked by every news outlet on both sides of the aisle.

00:08:06.600 Uh, Cory Booker, AKA Spartacus, uh, claims to have broken Senate rules to release documents on Kavanaugh.

00:08:12.100 And he actually didn't break any rules in the documents showed nothing already read to you.

00:08:16.340 Uh, the women's March email that claimed all of these falsities about him. It's all been crazy

00:08:21.180 political theater. Uh, their questioning has had nothing to do whatsoever with the constitution,

00:08:26.100 which he is being nominated to defend, uh, but rather his failure to align with the leftist agenda

00:08:32.120 agenda. And it's really not about Kavanaugh at all. It's about fanning outrage against Republicans

00:08:40.240 before the midterms. Uh, this is all fuel for the anti-Trump resistance and has nothing to do

00:08:46.220 with actually testing Kavanaugh's competence for the Supreme court. So in light of all of this

00:08:51.720 political theater, in light of the false claims Democrats have already made in light of the

00:08:56.240 desperation they have demonstrated to try to stop or hinder this confirmation, you have to of course,

00:09:01.940 wonder if this is just another smear attempts. Uh, they've accused him of all kinds of ridiculous, 0.95

00:09:07.500 untrue things, tried to paint him as a racist, have said that he is going to set women back to 0.89

00:09:13.100 take away our rights. And all of these attempts have failed because in the hundreds of thousands

00:09:19.240 of documents Democrats have sifted through and all of the opinions about Kavanaugh supplied by

00:09:24.160 people who have worked with him and have known him for decades on both sides of the political

00:09:29.280 spectrum, there has not been a negative untoward thing found out about him. So you just have to

00:09:35.300 wonder if you're being honest, if this is just another evil political attack, their kind of

00:09:41.620 last ditch effort. Plus Ford herself is apparently a leftist who donates to Democrat political campaigns 0.98

00:09:48.880 and her legal advisor is also a Democrat who has expressed antipathy towards people who work for

00:09:53.920 Donald Trump. Uh, she also took Bill Clinton's side in the Paula Jones case. Uh, so we kind of know

00:10:01.920 where she stands on all of this. There are a lot of politics going on here that makes it 0.98

00:10:07.680 very wise, very important for us to be taking a step back and asking questions. Uh, and there are real

00:10:15.800 objective reasons to doubt the validity of her claims, even beyond the fact that Democrats are

00:10:21.060 using her for political gain. Uh, one, we don't have any corroborating witnesses or evidence. Uh, Mark

00:10:28.100 judge, the guy she claimed was there during the assault, uh, told the weekly standard of that

00:10:32.660 nothing like that ever happened, that he had never seen Brett Kavanaugh behave that way to Kavanaugh

00:10:38.200 himself has rejected the claims, uh, saying that he categorically denies it, that he did not do this

00:10:43.620 in high school or any time. Uh, three countless people have come out in support of Kavanaugh's

00:10:49.340 integrity and character. Specifically 65 women signed a letter sent to the Senate judiciary committee last

00:10:55.620 week stating that in the 35 years they've known him, he has only treated everyone they know with

00:11:01.820 respect and decency and specifically that he has always treated women with respect. Um, these women,

00:11:08.060 by the way, who signed this letter are not all Republicans. They have, as far as we can tell,

00:11:12.680 no ulterior motive, uh, to support Kavanaugh besides truly wanting people to know that he is a good,

00:11:20.160 trustworthy person. Um, also, and I know this is the kind of controversial question to ask, but

00:11:27.240 we have to wonder, do we hold people accountable for the isolated sins that occurred or that they

00:11:35.720 committed when they were 17 years old, particularly drunken, isolated sins. Now, look, if this did happen,

00:11:41.960 it was bad. If that's a moral, that is wrong, terrible. And Kavanaugh owes her an apology. He should

00:11:48.340 have done it sooner. Um, I do not chalk up this kind of thing to, Oh, you know, that's just boys

00:11:53.160 being boys. Uh, that's just what they do. There are plenty of teenage boys that don't assault women.

00:11:58.460 Uh, but the fact that this may have happened when he was 17 and drunk. And as far as we know,

00:12:03.420 only happened once probably speaks more to his immaturity at the time than it does to his incompetence

00:12:11.040 or lack of character. Now, uh, it is quite the precedent to set that we are all to be held accountable

00:12:17.760 for the mistakes that we made when we were 17, before our frontal lobes were fully developed.

00:12:23.240 Like, you know, that our brains don't actually develop fully until we're 25, right? Like people

00:12:28.600 do stupid, stupid things when they're teenagers. That's why insurance is so expensive for teenagers 1.00

00:12:34.160 who drive. And, and even though being young does not negate the wrongness of this, I'm just not sure

00:12:41.320 that this should disqualify Kavanaugh, uh, from the Supreme courts. Uh, because in every way that

00:12:48.480 we've seen, he is qualified for this. Now, if big, if this was a pattern of behavior, uh, if this happened

00:12:58.880 on multiple occasions, if he is a predator, then that is a different story. In my opinion, uh, that

00:13:04.420 might mean that this is the kind of guy he was in maybe deep down is because that means it wasn't

00:13:10.900 some spur of the moment out of character thing. It was something he consistently planned and thought

00:13:15.440 about. And that to me would be disqualifying because that indicates this kind of whole other

00:13:20.860 level of, uh, depravity and lack of discernment. Plus if that were the case, if this was something

00:13:27.420 he did on multiple occasions or on a regular basis, if he is a serial predator, that would also make him

00:13:33.600 a sociopath because he has apparently been able to convince everyone in his life that he's this

00:13:38.920 good upstanding guy. Dozens of colleagues, friends, peers, students have come forward

00:13:44.580 vouching for his character. He of course has a wife and daughters. He's a basketball coach for his

00:13:50.060 daughter's basketball team. Uh, every record and opinion on the guy that we have says that he is

00:13:55.960 straight laced and fair minded. Uh, so Kavanaugh would have had to be very good at hiding his pattern

00:14:03.140 of predation if that were the case, which would make him sociopathic, which of course would

00:14:07.920 disqualify him from sitting on the Supreme court. But that that's just not likely. It's just not.

00:14:16.540 He has been working in DC for years for his entire career. Almost. Uh, he worked on Ken Starr's

00:14:22.640 investigation into Bill Clinton, uh, and this never came out in the swamp that is DC, especially in

00:14:29.220 anything involving the Clintons. Secrets like this just don't stay secrets for very long. They just

00:14:36.040 don't. So really the choices are these Kavanaugh as a predator and a sociopath who has manipulated 0.97

00:14:42.360 everyone in his life into believing that he's decent or B he was a drunk teenager who did something

00:14:49.680 that he shouldn't have or C he is an innocent man being falsely accused by partisan hacks. Uh,

00:14:56.680 like we have already established, the first one is really hard to believe. Uh, he's been in the game

00:15:02.980 for too long for nothing like this to ever have come up. Uh, number two is very possible, but we still

00:15:11.160 just, we just don't know, um, whether or not that should really be disqualifying. And number three,

00:15:18.700 given our current information is probable, uh, this could very well be a political stunt by

00:15:26.160 Democrats. Democrats know that even if this confirmation goes through, which it probably

00:15:30.460 still will, that this is going to cause a lot of outrage and it's going to help them come. It's

00:15:36.400 going to help them come November, come the midterms because Republicans are going to be 0.99

00:15:41.380 the misogynist sick bigots who don't believe women who actually confirmed and accused sexual 0.99

00:15:47.140 assault her onto the Supreme court. Uh, it's a very clever line of attack and I trust the Democrats 1.00

00:15:53.960 are very, very much looking forward to using it. Um, and that's really the thing here,

00:16:00.140 whether or not this story is true, Democrats do not care about Ford. They don't, they do not care

00:16:07.020 about this alleged victim. Uh, even if this did happen and caused her true trauma, Democrats do not

00:16:12.640 care about that. They do not care about the validity of her account. They do not even care

00:16:17.980 about Kavanaugh's true character. They care about using this as a weapon to fight Republicans. That

00:16:23.420 is it. Democrats are the ones who are politicizing these allegations who are capitalizing on the

00:16:30.700 supposed pain of Kavanaugh's accuser who have turned this whole thing into a partisan charade so that no one

00:16:36.280 believes Ford's allegations. So if there are doubts surrounding this story, Democrats are to blame.

00:16:44.140 They have cried wolf a dozen times during this process alone. And now they're accusing us of

00:16:50.580 hating women for not fully believing them this time around. And if this story is true, that is,

00:16:57.240 that's really too bad for Ford. If this really happened to her, now she has to deal with it publicly and

00:17:02.780 politically, but she decided to tell her story only when politics were at stake. That alone doesn't 0.84

00:17:10.500 necessarily make it untrue, but it adds flavor to her story that makes it seem less plausible and more

00:17:16.740 political. She chose this timing and these are the natural repercussions of that. Um, like I said,

00:17:25.300 I actually want to believe her, uh, despite wanting Kavanaugh confirmed because I don't,

00:17:31.760 I don't like the idea that someone would make up a story like this and ruin someone's entire life,

00:17:39.480 um, based on some unsubstantiated allegation. And I know that happens in the criminal justice system

00:17:46.580 too. I know that I don't like the idea of living in that kind of world. I want to think that we live

00:17:51.220 in a just country. I want to believe that someone would only come forward with something like this

00:17:55.420 if it were true, but we just don't know, uh, given the circumstances, given Democrats CD tactics so

00:18:03.220 far, we have to take this with a grain of salt. Um, and now Ford is saying actually that she is willing

00:18:09.920 to come before the Senate, uh, the, the Senate committee and to testify in front of, in, in front

00:18:18.220 of Congress. And so is Kavanaugh. Uh, of course, Democrats are pushing for this because this means

00:18:24.060 a further delay. They would like to delay the confirmation until after the midterms in case they

00:18:29.600 win a majority in the Senate. Uh, Senator Collins, who, as I already said, is a female Republican who a 1.00

00:18:35.820 lot of times sides with the Democrats, um, says that they should both be heard that we should have

00:18:41.640 this hearing. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I am okay maybe with a closed hearing and it needs

00:18:47.160 to be expedited. Um, but also, uh, you know, I, I want, well, I want to hear their story. I kind of

00:18:54.120 want to hear her side. I want him to be under oath saying that this didn't really happen, but I

00:18:58.420 don't want to delay. I don't want to feed into Democrats hands on this, especially if this isn't

00:19:03.000 true. Uh, Senator Feinstein said she passed this along to the FBI and apparently the FBI refused it

00:19:08.520 right away. So again, that's another indication that this may not amount to much. So having an entire

00:19:16.140 hearing on it might be a waste of time. I just don't know. I don't know. Like I said, maybe

00:19:22.180 expediting closed hearing would be the best option here. Um, but there's this new thing in light of

00:19:28.220 the me too movement that says that we must under every circumstance, uh, unconditionally believe

00:19:35.240 all victims. And then from there we should back up. We assume that the accused is guilty.

00:19:42.320 Uh, I don't believe that that is right or just. And as a Christian, uh, I don't believe that that

00:19:48.840 is biblical justice, not in any sense. That's that's social justice. Again, that is pushing

00:19:54.740 down, uh, one group in this case, men, uh, in order to elevate another group, just because you

00:20:00.740 think men are more privileged. I don't think that's fair. And I don't think that's right or

00:20:04.520 righteous. Um, I believe that he or she, whoever the victim is has a right to get their story out

00:20:10.000 there, but I do not believe without evidence or confirmation from the accused that we should

00:20:14.240 allow uncorroborated claims to ruin someone's life. I just don't. Um, I care about all victims

00:20:20.260 of sexual assault and I believe that perpetrators should be punished to the furthest extent of the

00:20:25.180 law. Uh, I think that there is a special place in hell for rapists, but I also think that there is a

00:20:32.500 special place in hell for people who falsely accuse men of rape. Um, I hate to see people's lives

00:20:38.760 ruined over a rumor that they are helpless to shut down, that they're helpless to quiet. So if that is

00:20:44.140 what is happening to Brett Kavanaugh, I truly feel for him and I feel for his family. Um, I still think

00:20:50.480 unless more information comes out, I think he needs to be confirmed. I think Republicans need to be

00:20:55.760 quick about it. Um, and shame on Democrats. If this whole thing isn't true, shame on Democrats for

00:21:02.400 perpetuating and peddling this lie. If this is not true, uh, this is about the lowest that you

00:21:08.360 can stoop. Maybe even lower would be an accusation of pedophilia. Uh, I wouldn't put that past them,

00:21:15.240 honestly, if this doesn't work. Um, but it's very sad. What see who seems to be a very decent man

00:21:21.720 is now, uh, his character is now being assassinated by a rumor that he says is completely false. Uh,

00:21:27.920 so that's my take on the controversial Kavanaugh thing. Don't be bullied into believing, uh, that you

00:21:33.900 have to side with the victim unconditionally, uh, without asking any questions. It's okay to ask

00:21:40.640 questions. That doesn't mean that you hate women. It doesn't mean that you don't care about victims.

00:21:44.640 It just means that you care about the truth, that you want to hear both sides, that you care about

00:21:49.280 the validity of the story. And I never want us to be, you know, that phrase so open-minded that our,

00:21:54.580 our brains fall out. That's what I'm afraid is happening with this, that we are so willing to

00:21:58.600 accept the victims that we are unwilling to hear the facts of the case. I don't want that to be true

00:22:03.440 here with Brett Kavanaugh, which wouldn't so much is at stake. And I don't want that to be true in

00:22:07.860 any situation. Um, okay. I'm going to answer a few of the questions that you guys asked me

00:22:15.740 via Instagram and then we'll be done. Okay. So first question is, uh, I am a fully recovered

00:22:25.000 leftist feminist, hate everyone and everything is, and have learned so much since coming to the 1.00

00:22:30.380 figurative and literal right side that I would love to share on social media, but I'm honestly

00:22:33.980 terrified to do so. How do you have the guts to speak out about your political views when

00:22:38.340 the people who oppose you are so hostile, don't debate facts. It seems like an uphill battle for

00:22:42.780 me. Um, well, I think it depends on what your purpose is. I always, I talk about a lot when I

00:22:48.480 go speak or even when I talk on social media about young people pursuing whatever career it is that

00:22:54.020 they want to pursue or doing the things that they feel like they were put on this earth to do,

00:22:58.640 um, is to know your why, what is your motivation behind, uh, your starting a platform and talking

00:23:05.600 about your conversion from the left to the right? Is it to change people's minds? Is it to, um,

00:23:12.460 embolden people to take the same steps that you did? Uh, is it just to convey truth and, and, uh,

00:23:19.340 influence people with your own experience? Uh, whatever it is, you have to determine the why

00:23:25.160 behind what you do before you determine the what. And the reason that's so important is because

00:23:29.720 when you know your purpose, when you know your why that's bigger than the dollar, that's bigger

00:23:33.860 than fame, that's bigger than followers, that's bigger than other people's approval. Then all of

00:23:38.800 this, uh, petty criticism and all of this pushback that you get from people, uh, it just kind of rolls

00:23:43.860 off. Now that doesn't mean that I don't care when people say something really mean to me,

00:23:48.040 um, or when people hurt my feelings on the internet, because that certainly happens. Or when I get,

00:23:52.940 uh, criticism for something that I say, of course it, uh, you know, it hurts. I'm a normal human

00:23:58.320 being, but, uh, my purpose is much higher and bigger than winning the approval of people on the

00:24:06.560 internet. I feel like my goal is to speak the truth in love to our generation about what I believe

00:24:13.980 is logical and biblical that includes conservative values. And that includes most importantly, uh,

00:24:20.740 spreading the gospel. Um, and that's my purpose. And no one can really take that away from me

00:24:26.260 because I feel like it was given to me by God. So have a purpose that is bigger than all of these,

00:24:32.360 uh, fleeting, temporary, superficial things. And you will see that people's criticism and people's

00:24:39.420 praise of you, uh, just kind of rolls off because you're determined to do what you feel like you have

00:24:44.460 purpose to do. Um, okay. Next question. Do you believe that you have to go to church to be a good

00:24:54.160 Christian slash person? Well, those are two very different questions, believing that you have to

00:25:00.220 go to church to be a good Christian or to, to be a good person. So I do think that attending church

00:25:05.560 is an act of obedience to God. We're told to be a part of the body of Christ, to serve the body of

00:25:13.500 Christ, to, um, love the church, to care for the church. I do think that means being a part of your

00:25:20.460 local church and actually being involved in providing your talents in a way that builds up and helps the

00:25:25.760 church. Um, I have not been perfect in that in every single stage of my life. There've certainly

00:25:31.100 been times in my life when I've been more apathetic, like in college, you know, it's like, oh, I might go

00:25:35.940 to church on Sunday or I might just listen to a podcast. And it's more, you go through a stage when

00:25:41.020 you're kind of an immature Christian, when you just care about what you're getting from church. 0.99

00:25:47.040 Um, when you're just like, oh, you know, is this pastor giving me what I want? Is this worship 0.96

00:25:51.420 giving me what I want? When really it's not about that. It's about what you are giving the church.

00:25:57.140 Um, obviously you want the pastor to preach the gospel and to be speaking truth, but it's, uh,

00:26:01.900 more of kind of a relationship rather than a consumer transaction type thing. Um, so I do believe

00:26:08.680 that it's an act of obedience to, uh, to go to church as a Christian, to be a part of the local

00:26:13.720 church now to be a good person. Um, no, I don't think it's required to be a good person because

00:26:20.600 I believe that all non-believers are dead in sin. So I'm not really concerned with people going to

00:26:26.720 church to be a good people. I'm concerned about their unbelief. So what I want people to repent of

00:26:31.700 what we should want all unbelievers to repent of is unbelief, not just behave. We don't just want 0.99

00:26:36.900 behavior management. And so they go to church every Sunday and become good people. Um, we want

00:26:41.620 repentance and we want a change of heart, which can very well be accomplished by going to church,

00:26:46.620 but it can also be accomplished, uh, through evangelism from a neighbor. Uh, next question.

00:26:52.860 How are we supposed to keep up on everything that is going on in the country and the world and still

00:26:57.520 do work and timekeeping and be a wife and daughter and sister and friend and niece and granddaughter,

00:27:01.640 uh, and proclaim the gospel and be with the church and serve the church and reach out to the poor

00:27:05.820 and the loss and speak up for the week. And those that have voiced and study and worship

00:27:09.020 privately and pay our bills, exercise, go to the dentist and get our vehicle serviced and go to

00:27:13.840 the grocery shop. Okay. I feel like I wrote this question to myself. I promise I didn't. I'm not

00:27:19.820 weird. I don't write my own questions. This, I completely feel yo to the person who asked me this

00:27:27.000 question. I think this on a weekly basis at the end of every week, usually every Sunday,

00:27:31.100 I look back on my week and I'm always disappointed. I'm always disappointed in myself for what I did

00:27:37.080 not accomplish. I always feel like I could have done more. And I feel like when I have a week where

00:27:42.700 I did, you know, a lot of good work for my job, I look back and I'm like, I didn't even think about

00:27:48.220 another person this week. Like I didn't, I didn't volunteer. I didn't give, I didn't donate my time

00:27:54.320 to anyone that except for me. And you know, of course my husband and my family, but I'm like,

00:28:00.080 wow, I'm really selfish. All I do is pursue my own things. And then the next week I'm like, okay,

00:28:04.240 I'm going to volunteer. I'm going to volunteer at church this week and I'm going to feel better

00:28:07.420 about myself. And then I look back and I'm like, oh my gosh, I didn't see my grandma this week.

00:28:11.460 I didn't write that article that I said that I was going to. I don't. So I, all this to say,

00:28:17.560 I don't have the answer for you. There are only a few hours every day in which we are awake. And I

00:28:25.900 think our responsibility is to make the most of our time to steward our free time. Well, one thing

00:28:32.420 that I am really bad about is not being disciplined with my free time. Instead of using that time to do

00:28:39.220 something productive, I scroll on social media, which is just a really bad habit. So I think it's

00:28:45.400 a matter of using our time wisely, of being disciplined, of setting a schedule. And I am

00:28:51.160 preaching to the choir because that's something that I need to do better. I am like all or nothing.

00:28:56.460 I'm doing a million things for five hours and then for the next three hours, I'm lazy. I'm not very

00:29:01.920 disciplined or organized with my time. And I think it's important to do that to make sure that we're

00:29:05.880 stewarding our time well. But at the same time, you can't put too much pressure on yourself to

00:29:12.780 accomplish everything in a 24-hour day. God knows that we're finite. God knows that we are limited.

00:29:18.760 He made us that way. We have to rest. That's another thing I don't do well. And we have to sleep.

00:29:24.940 And that's okay. We are not called to everything, but we are called to some things. And some things

00:29:29.660 that we are called to, we need to do well and obediently. Last question. Hi, Allie. I have a

00:29:37.020 question in IDK. If I should know this as a 26-year-old woman, who in the world takes these 0.99

00:29:42.360 surveys that you and others refer to? You refer to a couple on your last podcast. I don't know if you

00:29:47.920 mean like who specifically. I think you just mean the outlets. I typically use Pew Research. I just

00:29:55.660 think that they have very good thorough studying. Gallup is pretty good. YouGov is pretty good.

00:30:02.440 Those are probably the three that I refer to the most. I use Pew a lot. I get their emails every day.

00:30:07.360 And I just think they study very interesting things and they have a lot of interesting

00:30:12.780 perspectives. So if that's what you're asking, those are the resources that I typically go to,

00:30:19.100 those kind of polls and surveys. So I hope that helps you. If you have any other questions about

00:30:23.300 the sources I use, feel free to message me or email me. And thank you guys so much for listening.

00:30:28.620 I hope that you have a great rest of your Tuesday, a great week, and I will see you back here on Thursday.

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Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - September 18, 2018

Ep 38 ｜ Before Believing Kavanaugh's Accuser

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