(October 21, 2017 at 8:26 pm)Astreja Wrote:(October 21, 2017 at 3:41 am)Godscreated Wrote: To bad you had to spend so much of your time looking all that stuff up because I have no children. If I did I would as I have with myself given them a book that shows the different religions compared to Christianity.
Let me guess -- A book about other religions, from a Christian author? No. I prefer to get the information from the source, so that it will reflect the actual beliefs and practices of a religion rather than an outsider perspective.
Yes a Christian author and why not it is a book comparing other religions to Christianity after all. This book has only facts about each religion and was sourced from their material, Christians aren't as deceiving as you would like them to be. Lying to children and then they find out differently would only cause trouble, the Bible teaches this basic fact.
When the child grows up and wants to research deeper into the religions of others that will be it's decision.
Quote:Children are vulnerable and should be protected from those things that can harm them, you and I see a total difference in what is harmful to children.
Astreja Wrote:That's precisely why I would never expose a child to a hell-threatening religion. I know people who are still struggling with PTSD many decades after receiving that kind of abuse from parents or church personnel.
Since I do not know these people I will have to take your word for it and if it's the truth then those people were not raised according to the scriptures. Believe me I know parents who get zealous about their children and Christianity and have heard of churches that push to hard, they do it because they believe they are right but they are not teaching according to the scriptures. I wouldn't call it abuse as you do, I believe they are sincerely afraid for their child's eternal destination and they do not trust God to help them with the child.
Quote:Jesus told His disciples when they tried to keep children from coming to Him, it would be better for a parent to tie a millstone around his neck than to keep the children from me. Not taking your child to church and thus indoctrinating her against Christianity is exactly what Christ was telling His disciples. She most likely will never seek out God because of you and God will, even though you do not believe, hold you responsible.
Astreja Wrote:No, I never said a word to her either for or against Christianity when she was a child (although as adults we occasionally share an eye-roll when dealing with nonsense like the late Harold Camping's failed end-times predictions).
Christians that are literate of what the Bible teaches also roll their eyes at such things.
Astreja Wrote:If anyone has a millstone around her neck, it's the grade 5 girl who called my daughter a "devil child" when she found out my daughter wasn't a Christian. Without batting an eye my daughter responded "No, that should be 'demon child'" and terminated their friendship on the spot.
I'm sure she had to say that to a lot of children then and I think you and I both know how cruel children can be at times and they usually regret it later. You should have confronted her parents about the situation so they could have disciplined her. You on the other hand should have told your daughter that even friends say things at times they do not mean. people aren't perfect and especially children. I'm betting there was more to the situation that you may not have been told but then maybe not.
Quote:Hell is your highway you're zooming down and I promise you will find it extremely terrible.
Astreja Wrote:I do not find your "promise" credible. For that matter, I don't find you credible. This, however, I rather enjoy:
Of course you would and what might their eternal destination be. Before you go off I use to be a big fan of there's myself.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.