I know that I'm still young and still learning and what I knew just a few years ago has changed, things that I thought were important are now just trivial things to me.
The boy has probably been indoctrinated and force feed scripture from birth to produce this Mega-church wet dream.
I'm sure if an impartial investigator actually sat the boy down and asked him to explain the drivel coming from his mouth I think you will quite quickly find that its all just rehearsed empty words.
Oh and Sym, I didn't call you brainwashed. Not sure where Moff got that from (Luke 13:12? I made that up please don't quote it to me I just don't care, I was making about you reading into things that aren't there)
__________________ "Teach a man to build a fire he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
So, which is the problem? That a 10 year old kid might be doing something their parent's want them to do (which is a ludicrous complaint to make) or that the 10 year old wont have enough experience (which is a completely aesthetic point anyways)?
Like seriously, look at organized sports. Kids are put into these at all ages by parents. Lots of times they enjoy it, but it is often not their direct-human-freewill. Gretzky's parents had him on a rink when he was like 6, day after day. You tellin' me Wayne doesn't enjoy a good game of hockey?
And if you don't think a kid has anything useful to say about God (aside from being ignorant) you could just not listen to them...
I don't think that it is the problem that they are doing what their parents want but that they are teaching the word of god without knowing what it really means. Playing sports that their parents want them to do is not the same, they are not telling people how to live their lives through god's teachings.
so you would argue that one is not allowed to pass their spiritual beliefs to their children?
would you also say this goes for political beliefs? beliefs about what constitutes truth? about morality?
EDIT: most industrial nations have a policy of sending 10 year old to physical institutions where government mandated material is forcibly taught to them with threat of reprimand and is tested and evaluated according to government standard. How is this any better?
__________________ yes, a million times yes
Last edited by tsilamini on Feb 18th, 2009 at 04:29 PM
I do not argue that you should not pass your beliefs onto your children but that your child should not be preaching when they do not understand what it is that they are saying.
I do not know for sure but most children do not comprehend things like this, they are easily swayed to believe what their parents tell them. This is much the same as with me and my father which does not believe in evolution as I do now to be the creation of god.
I watched a video I do not know if it is this one where there was 3 kids preaching, one was a white kid preaching hell and damnation, a black kid doing faith healing and a mexican girl that people think she is a saint.
I've seen parrots repeating what humans have said back to them "parrot fashion". This does not equate to understanding by the parrot.
This child has had bible rubbish drilled into him probably from birth to the point where he is just regurgitating it. It would be impossible for a child of that age to fully understand and comprehend the meaning, context and consequences of the things he is saying.
__________________ "Teach a man to build a fire he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
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Feb 17th, 2009 03:49 PM
Shut your mouth.
