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myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion1 month ago

I know that I will ruffle some feathers here but I feel that this has to be said. Yesterday, a friend sent me a video that shocked me to the core. A women, I guess a preacher, in some fundamentalist Sect of Christianity, was speaking to a group of young children who were there with their parents. Did she talk about Jesus Christ and his love for children? No, she talked about the devil and how he was always trying to lure children away from God! The looks on the faces of these poor children were horrifying. Many of them could not have been more than five or six years old. Does this woman and the parents of these children have any idea of what they are doing to such young minds? Many say that video games and violence on TV is bad for children, but I can't imagine anything that could be worse then what that woman was teaching those kids. Anyone who knows the Bible knows how Jesus took little children in his arms and blessed them, how he told the adults that they must be like children. Here we have someone pretending to follow Jesus instilling in little children the very opposite of what he taught, they would have nightmares from this. I know it's possible that she may believe that she's doing right but that doesn't make it any better. With the kind of parents that would take their children to witness such a show, what kind of chance do these children have? It's no wonder our youth are turning to a life of crime.

 
 
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31. myLot reputation of 47/100. Staraven (123)   ranked 2,766 out of 9,688 in religion   1 month ago

It's true - the devil*does* try to lure us away from God.
However, I think this should be put in as childish a manner as possible while still getting the point across to little children. They'll understand more later.

For when they're little, you could simply say that God is the good guy, and He wants to help you...but the devil is the bad guy who is really mean and bossy and tries to make you do bad things.

That way it doesn't terrify the children.
Psht, the same stuff is practically shown on cartoons. It's bringing it down to their level.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion  1 month ago

Hi staraven, Thank you for commending but however you look at it scaring children is wrong and fear is not a good teacher. Blessings.


myLot reputation of 19/100. itsmychoice (160)   ranked 5,150 out of 9,688 in religion  1 month ago

No, but underestimating the enemy's power will weaken the warning of bad people and bad behavior. Which will leave a false security by giving too much trust in people and ways to behave. Remember that there really isn't an actual Satan persona, but evil spirit, that inhabits lost souls, and directs them to the evil intentions of Satan's spirit. Lucifer was an angel in light then, and operates as an angel of darkness now posing as the good guy. It is so hard to uncover the real Satan's disciple from a disciple of God. Satan knows the bible better then the best human on earth, and can even hide in a child's mind, and control them to be evil because they were not taught to be scared of something that is evil, and was not seen as evil because they were not cautious enough to see the truth. Everything gets sugar coated and life is beautiful all the time. Not! This world is the most sinister of all societies before it, and needs to seen that way, making the truth seem everything is just dandy, is just putting your head in the sand, with thinking out of sight, out of mind. Ignorance is the tool of deceit. Satan is so cunning that he has been working inside churches, and polluting the name of God, by spreading jealousy, mistrust, anger, false witness, gossip, and all the rest that is taking on the world. You can not serve two masters, pick one and leave the other alone. I'll be my own judge with my own truth. I do not harm to anyone by my beliefs, so anyone else who have no belief should leave the Christians alone with theirs. And by the way I don't agree with fire and brimstone ministry's either, but they should be told the truth at least.


myLot reputation of 47/100. Staraven (123)   ranked 2,766 out of 9,688 in religion  1 month ago

Very well thought-out comment (:
I agree; I dislike the 'fire and brimstone' type of ministry. That teaches you only to fear, and obey out of fear.
I like the type of ministry where you ARE told about the bad, but it does not take complete prevalence in your mind.
It's like how we tell children not to stand in the middle of the road because a car might hit them. We're not being harsh to them, simply telling them to watch out, because we care for them.

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32. myLot reputation of 52/100. bestboy19 (1376)   ranked 2,087 out of 9,688 in religion   1 month ago

It's hard to say whether or not that woman and the video she showed was good or bad. You didn't really give us much evidence one way or the other. I do think, though, it's a good idea to let children know that there is evil in the world. How many children have been lured to their death because they had no fear of the person who ended up killing them? It's a kind of a balancing act. You don't want to scare them so much that they're afraid of everything, but you want to teach them enough so they will be on their guard.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion  1 month ago

Hi bestboy, Children of that age would not be going anywhere without their parents and should be taught to avoid strangers at all times. This has nothing to do with that, she's scaring them with stories about what the devil can do to them. Teaching anyone fear is bad but to scare small child like that is a crime. Fear is not a good tool for teaching and often cause young people to rebel in their teenage years. However, I want to thank you for coming here and for expressing your thoughts. Blessings.

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33. myLot reputation of 41/100. andy77e (476)   ranked 2,461 out of 9,688 in religion   4 weeks ago

What do you mean "should this be allowed"? Are you suggesting we start up thought police, or start dictating religion to people? We used to have "freedom" here. Is that now obsolete?


myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion  4 weeks ago

Hi andy, Thank you for your comment but I didn't think anyone would agree with scaring little children. Blessing.


myLot reputation of 41/100. andy77e (476)   ranked 2,461 out of 9,688 in religion  4 weeks ago

Should freedom of religion or speech, only be allowed when someone, or a few people, agree with it?

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34. myLot reputation of 78/100. coolcoder (1484)   ranked 653 out of 9,688 in religion   2 weeks ago

This woman is going about this the wrong way entirely. You don't scare children the way she's scaring children; that's completely uncalled for. I believe that yes, children should be told about the author of all sin, but in a manner that is non-threatening, is age-appropriate, and is tempered by the reassurance that God loves them very, very much and that they're all His children, no matter what.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion  2 weeks ago

Hi coolcoder, Thanks for your comment. Blessings.

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35. myLot reputation of 97/100. danishcanadian (20330)   ranked 65 out of 9,688 in religion   1 week ago

My husband and I have heard of such things, and because of them, and other scary things, we have major problems with organized religion in general. Not all religion is this scary, but there is enough that is, to make us leery of the whole concept. We have four major branches of Christianity represented in our family, and thery all have very different ideas. There are enough conflicts there, and stories like this are even worse!! This kind of situation is going to give those children Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or something.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Pose123 (5744)   ranked 47 out of 9,688 in religion  1 week ago

Hi danishcanadian, I agree this is very bad for children. No wonder they grow up with so many problems. It bothers me too that only religion could get away with it.If it happened somewhere else the children would be taken away. We are seen examples of with the catholic church has gotten away with in Ireland and other places for so long. How much longer before good decent people rise up again something like this? Blessings.

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