(May 17, 2017 at 10:07 pm)Aroura Wrote: No, we don't agree. Because I don't agree they are willful sinners, or that what they are doing it is objectively wrong. Yes, children's behavior needs correcting. But it is decidedly harmful to teach them, in addition to normal correction, that the reason they are like this is that they are born tainted sinners. That addition make all the difference.
I do appreciate you trying to make peace, CL, but teaching children they are born evil and the only thing that can erase that evil is belief in Jesus, (NOT their own behavior or other choices), is vile to me.
I've sadly had dealings with groups such as The Good New Club.
I totally agree. It's potentially indoctrinating a lifelong sense of shame, just for being human, at a critical formative time and where they have no choice in the matter; they are not Christians... their parents are Christians... the children are not old enough to have made an informed decision about that, but they are nonetheless having a critical idea drummed into them about their very nature, and one which may have lasting psychological consequences if they do not become a Christian (I mean a real one... by informed choice).
