RE: Is it wrong to teach kids about Hell?
December 19, 2015 at 5:24 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2015 at 5:25 pm by Jenny A.)
(December 19, 2015 at 3:53 pm)Quantum Wrote:(December 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: Did he ever have to?
Did some minister/priest ever try to?
Yes he had to, but not towards ministers but towards people from our village and once our housekeeper who would drop remarks like you have to be good or else you go to hell.
If you misbehave, you will go to hell-- that reminds me of the very few German children's books I know of. Is Struwwelpeter still a German classic? My step-brother and sister were raised on it (their mother was a German war-bride). It was one of the books they used to learn to read German. They thought it was funny, and it was presented to them that way. I've only read the English translation my step-father (he married Mom years after I was married and out of the house) had around the house. It is funny if you have a sick sense of humor. But it is certainly a book based on threats about what will happen if you suck your thumb or otherwise misbehave. It reminded me of the alphabet book brought from Frankfurt that Heidi uses to teach Peter his letters in Heidi. Dire things happen to children who don't master their ABCs--everything from reform school to solitary confinement.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
