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You Wont Mind If I Convert Your Child To Paganism, Right?* Clarified*
- Nov 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM
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What about Atheism? Judaism? Islam? What....how could I ever even think of going near YOUR child with such information? I just figured that since you didn't mind soliciting YOUR faith with out parental consent to my son and my sister and the ohhhh 50 other minors that stopped by your car during the 'Trunk or Treat' event that you wouldn't mind if I repaid the favor to you.
How about if I hand out pamphlets decrying how Jesus COULDN'T be the actual messiah to your child on their way home from school? When they got off the bus at the bus stop? When they buy a popsicle from the ice cream truck? What if I hand them to your child while I'm baby sitting? Or I urge my child to hand them out to her friends (namely, your child)? You would appreciate the fact that I am trying save your families salvation, your souls, from the fiery pits of hell.
You'd like that, right? You'd find it apporpriate, right? You must...I mean, it's o.k. for you to hand around pamphletes in a community event telling my child that they will only be saved from Hell if they join your church.
I'm sure you didn't think much about looking through some of the pamphlets or you might have realised that some of them were entirely inappropriate for the minor you were quietly shoving them off on. Perhaps you enjoy showing your childrenpictures of men lusting after women, and equating all children as liars similar to some of the greatest terrorists in the modern world. Osama Bin Laden anyone? Fidel Castro? Yup, that's definitely who my sister reminds me of.
I appreciate the fact that you want to share the faith that you have embraced so fanatically. I find my belief to be a great comfort to me and my family, I happen to feel that I am on the right path too. Christianity is something I have lived and breathed, and I will always have a firm belief in Jesus Christ himself.
But ladies, some things are not appropriate. To give things things to childrenis shameful, embarrassing, and ludicrous. I feel compelled to speak out because I have no idea how many children were humiliated and confused when searching through their bag of candy. But I know that some felt that way. Even, the Christian children.
If you want to teach the rest of the world what the Evangelical world has prompted you to do- by all means, spread the teachings of Christ. Go out, set an example. Give to the poor, feed the hungry. Enrich your community by building it up. Welcome the children with love, kindness, and tolerance.
But, for GOD'S sake, stop scaring the shit out of them.
*It annoys me to no end that some people insist on overlooking the post and going straight to commenting. If you didn't read it, ALL OF IT, don't reply.
1- This was NOT a church event. I did not take my son trunk or treating from strangers, but rather from a small, tiny, itsy-bitsy, community that I grew up in. There were maybe a total of FIVE families handing out candy (including the police officers) that I didn't personally know, but people I knew greeted them intimatly.
2- I am Christian. I find it highly disturbing that some of you would make the assumption that I wasn't after I clearly stated it in my post. That leads me to beleive that you didn't really read what I wrote.I also find it disturbing that you would judge my families salvation before God has judge either of us. Judge not lest ye be judged, and make sure you remove the mountain of dirt out of your own eye, before trying to remove the speck out of mine.
3- I beleive that I didn't say 'Hey you are all such horrible people for trying to bring people closer to Christ'. I believe that I actually said something like ( and I'll copy and paste here)'
If you want to teach the rest of the world what the Evangelical world has prompted you to do- by all means, spread the teachings of Christ. Go out, set an example. Give to the poor, feed the hungry. Enrich your community by building it up. Welcome the children with love, kindness, and tolerance.
But, for GOD'S sake, stop scaring the shit out of them'.
And lastly- After I show your child porn, I'll let you know that you can just toss it in the trash, and hey what a great worldly oppurtunity for your family. I'm sure that'll erase what your child saw. after all, they sat next to me at the park...i can pretty much do what I want there.
Comments:
Why did you attend a church's trunk or treat? Is that what happened?
Jewjewbee-
The problem was....it WASN'T a church event, never has been. It was a community event.
i love your title, it's really attention grabbing!
we had pamplets and stuff handed out to 'our' kids too. my husband almsot egged thier housed he was so mad. i agree that it is not appropriate.
............As a Christian, I 100% AGREE with you! Totally out of line.
i'm Pagan and my dh is a Darwinist Chirstain, hismother is methodist, his father is southern baptist. I took my children to MIL's church's trunk or treat. i don't mind one bit if they go to church with their grandmother. because i'm letting them learn both. and they will chose their our paths rather they chose to be CChristian, or Pagan, or anything else. i have tons of books on religions here for that sole purpose.
but yes some times some people do go too far and give things that are ment for children to children. as my MIL every time she comes over she brings them tons of CChristian things, kites that say "Jesus is life", cross puzzles that are magnets, Bible story coloring books. she just sometime over whelms them with all the stuff.
if a child asks me or my children why we have certain things and why we do certain things my children and i are more than willing to tell anyone why..
children no matter what faith will always talk to each other about their faith. but for adults to push religion onto anyone's children no matter what religion is wrong. its sonething to answer questions when asked but thats it.
Wow, I'm glad the only thing I had to deal with was one house handing out toothbrushes instead of candy... Because I really don't know if I would have been able to keep my mouth shut if somebody tried to hand MY child anything like the pamphlets you're talking about...
I had rude kids walking around our neighborhood try to SHOVE their church pamphlets in my face... I said no, and he said, "No, HERE." I had to say, "NO THANKS," and push his hand away! On MY f**king holiday that MY religion ACTUALLY celebrates for a REASON, he's trying to force literature at me. Grrr.
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