I'm sorry, but you have no basis for this aside from anti-religious rhetoric.
What meanings, what consequences? You guys keep saying this, yet the only examples that have been thrown out are from other videos of child preachers.
There is nothing from the available evidence that shows this child is in any way being forced, nor that they don't understand the incredibly simple message they are saying.
This ISN'T political church propaganda. Its a kid talking about a kids story.
how does it actually work in application?
what still applies? Like, specifically, what part of the video do you think the kid doesn't understand?
And the idea that all child preaching is wrong is rather silly. Nothing can be generalized like that.
So, when I was 9, in grade 5, my school forced all the students to do public speaking.
My subject was Goalies, while another student talked about dreams. Hypothetically, at 9 I shouldn't know anything about goalies, and certainly this other child wouldn't have known anything about dreams.
oh wait, I forgot, when religion does something everyone gets pissed, until the government does it and we call it a different name.
Seriously, half the people in this thread would be making a way better point if they at least acknowledged that there is nothing special about the way religion socializes children. Anyone this against having kids speak in church better as **** not have them in a government school.
I haven't looked at this video, if he is talking about how he feels that is different than preaching in my opinion. Getting up in front of your class and talking about a subject is different than telling the word of God and how to live by his teaching, the bible requires a level of understanding to convey his teachings. If I got up in front of my class and talked about my religion that is one thing but getting up in front of my class and telling them that they are sinners for not following his word is something else for even I know that I do not fully understand all that is in the bible. Doing the public speaking is not really about the subject that you choose but to get up in front of a group of people and to talk about any subject, you could have picked video games or what ever. The difference is that this is the holy word of God.
this entire thread is about discussing the content of a video. You did not watch the video, thus, there is not much you are going to be able to discuss.
Secondly, you came into a thread about religion and voiced a knowingly ignorant opinion. You clearly have a bone to pick with anything religious, as you pass sweeping judgment with no evidence, and thus I have no interest in being preached at.
If you are looking for an overarching discussion about the concept of child preachers in general, I'm not the person you will have it with, as I understand the world to be more nuanced than saying "all of this is bad".
The way that I read this was talking about children preaching and not just this one kid, if I miss read that I'm sorry. I did watch this video and it is the same kid that I saw with the other 3 and this one was doing faith healing, this video shows a tamed version of his preaching talking about how he feels about the word. I never said that it was all bad.
Seems to me he understands what he's saying as well as most ten-year-olds would understand something they're excited about. Is there family/community influence? Of course. Just like the rest of us. Can he help others with spiritual/life problems? Depends on the person looking for advice/help. Is it okay he may believe that everyone who doesn't follow his path is doomed to hell? No more/less than when an adult thinks it, though my hope is always that the truly religious (and not religionistic) can see past their own faith maps.
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I think I've seen that video he is talking about on the Today show or something and it was kinda nuts, there was some white kid shouting hell and damnation on the street corner and his dad behind him. I couldn't care less if some kid wants to preach and people want to listen to them, it's more or a gimmick but I have to admit the kid is pretty good better than some adults I've seen.
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So, I have seen adults not even understand the Bible and try and shove it down peoples faces so what makes the kid any different? Hell just on this forum alone I have seen people of the same faith argue about what this means and what that means.
We should all know in our hearts and mind what God wants from us, I am sad that people disagree about his word but I also understand that people see what they want to see in his teachings.
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Feb 19th, 2009 03:38 PM
I like how they have to bend down to get "healed" 
