Hi guys
I received this through a PM on facebook last night:
I’ve seen websites like this many times before, and passed them off as fundamentalist bullshit.
However
This was sent to me by my own Son
He is 13 and lives with his mother and grandmother, his grandmother is the source of his indoctrination into Christianity (along with mild racist and homophobic tendencies)
I live a couple of hundred miles away but have always seen him regularly, we have a weekend together every few weeks since he was tiny.
I’ve known for a long time that he saw himself as Christian, and he also knows that I am not. He has always categorically refused to talk to me about it, and the subject has become taboo.
This is the first time he has openly brought it up to me, so I want to think very carefully about how I respond.
It is a very sensitive situation, I could quite easily go in too heavy handed and we would revert to taboo status again
I see this as an opportunity to put everything I’ve learned to some good use and to offer him my perspective
This is so important to me that I wanted to take my time to compose my reply, and am asking for any advice / ideas from you about how I might respond – this is not some idiot fundie that I want to destroy with logic. This is my child, my own flesh and blood, and I want to do whatever I can to avoid upsetting him but use this opportunity for something positive.
And regarding the actual website… Sheesh… This is not your normal Church of England half-arsed Christianity. This is hardcore, end of the world second coming bollocks.
I looked through some of it and was amazed how bad it is
Choosing one at random , from the delightfully titled 101 Last Days Prophecies:
4. Global communications foreseen (Revelation 11:9-10; 17:8) The Bible prophesies that the entire world will see certain events unfold. The invention of the television and the deployment of global satellite networks during the 20th century allow news to travel the world at the speed of light for the first time ever. Remember that in the apostle John's day, news traveled at the speed of horseback.
So I clicked the link, and was baffled to read:
Rev 11:9 Then [those] from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow [fn] their dead bodies to be put into graves.
Rev 11:10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Rev 17:8 "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is
And I’m left wondering what on earth these passages have to do with their original assertion. I can’t see any link whatsoever tenuous or otherwise.
The website appears to be Nostradamus for God lovers, but I don’t understand what their angle is. What is it for, what is it supposed to prove, and what the fuck is my kid reading this poison for.
Oh and the delicious irony of this whole situation and its timing hasn't escaped me - I posted only yesterday about an essay my stepdaughter wrote here
If this doesnt demonstrate that religion is defined solely by accident of birth and the environment you are raised in I don't know what does.
I received this through a PM on facebook last night:
Quote:Please visit these two websites it may change your view on Christianity and help you understand why I strongly believe in God and that it is a big part of my life.
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101prophecy.html
I’ve seen websites like this many times before, and passed them off as fundamentalist bullshit.
However
This was sent to me by my own Son
He is 13 and lives with his mother and grandmother, his grandmother is the source of his indoctrination into Christianity (along with mild racist and homophobic tendencies)
I live a couple of hundred miles away but have always seen him regularly, we have a weekend together every few weeks since he was tiny.
I’ve known for a long time that he saw himself as Christian, and he also knows that I am not. He has always categorically refused to talk to me about it, and the subject has become taboo.
This is the first time he has openly brought it up to me, so I want to think very carefully about how I respond.
It is a very sensitive situation, I could quite easily go in too heavy handed and we would revert to taboo status again
I see this as an opportunity to put everything I’ve learned to some good use and to offer him my perspective
This is so important to me that I wanted to take my time to compose my reply, and am asking for any advice / ideas from you about how I might respond – this is not some idiot fundie that I want to destroy with logic. This is my child, my own flesh and blood, and I want to do whatever I can to avoid upsetting him but use this opportunity for something positive.
And regarding the actual website… Sheesh… This is not your normal Church of England half-arsed Christianity. This is hardcore, end of the world second coming bollocks.
I looked through some of it and was amazed how bad it is
Choosing one at random , from the delightfully titled 101 Last Days Prophecies:
4. Global communications foreseen (Revelation 11:9-10; 17:8) The Bible prophesies that the entire world will see certain events unfold. The invention of the television and the deployment of global satellite networks during the 20th century allow news to travel the world at the speed of light for the first time ever. Remember that in the apostle John's day, news traveled at the speed of horseback.
So I clicked the link, and was baffled to read:
Rev 11:9 Then [those] from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow [fn] their dead bodies to be put into graves.
Rev 11:10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Rev 17:8 "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is
And I’m left wondering what on earth these passages have to do with their original assertion. I can’t see any link whatsoever tenuous or otherwise.
The website appears to be Nostradamus for God lovers, but I don’t understand what their angle is. What is it for, what is it supposed to prove, and what the fuck is my kid reading this poison for.
Oh and the delicious irony of this whole situation and its timing hasn't escaped me - I posted only yesterday about an essay my stepdaughter wrote here
If this doesnt demonstrate that religion is defined solely by accident of birth and the environment you are raised in I don't know what does.
