They hear all the happy Jesus parts of the bible from their father. The question that was posed by my son, to me, was:
Dad says the bible is "The Good Book", why don't you think it is the good book?
It's the parts of the bible that I read to them that are alarming. They are also a few of the reasons why I do not think the bible is a good book. To them, it doesn't matter what the positive messages of the bible are, if it condones such horrific things. They know, because I've encouraged them to think logically that if my son were to tell my daughter he loved her, I would think it was sweet and adorable, but if he said "I ****ing love you.", it wouldn't matter that he said he loved her, because the word he used before 'love' is a "bad word".
I can see the evidence that my kids are remarkably moral. If I had read them those verses, and they thought it was okay, then I would be worried that I was doing something wrong.
Dad says the bible is "The Good Book", why don't you think it is the good book?
It's the parts of the bible that I read to them that are alarming. They are also a few of the reasons why I do not think the bible is a good book. To them, it doesn't matter what the positive messages of the bible are, if it condones such horrific things. They know, because I've encouraged them to think logically that if my son were to tell my daughter he loved her, I would think it was sweet and adorable, but if he said "I ****ing love you.", it wouldn't matter that he said he loved her, because the word he used before 'love' is a "bad word".
I can see the evidence that my kids are remarkably moral. If I had read them those verses, and they thought it was okay, then I would be worried that I was doing something wrong.
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