(August 17, 2014 at 7:45 pm)Raevoryx Wrote: I was scrolling through a Social Networking site (I'm still following multiple Christian Organizations since they usually don't post all that much and I tend to be curious), and found an article linked by AWANA about the study done on children showing that children who are exposed to Bible Stories have a harder time distinguishing reality from fiction.
I had read something on Patheos a few weeks ago and immediately thought, "THEY FOUND THE THING!!!"
I'm curious to what everyone else thinks. I was a part of the AWANA Leadership for a while before I deconverted and had a slight spark of hope for the organization (or at least that one lady writing the article) till I realized that this discovery might lead to more graphic versions of the Bible Stories in their classes.
I remember 'helping' in classes directed for Pre-Schoolers, Kindergarden, and Elementary age Children. Now I see it as an indoctrination machine, but there was less focus on fear-mongering. Looks like that may change?
http://awana.org/blog/parents/detail/do-...airy-tales
Thoughts?
I think it's simply another example of the fact that if you raise your kids with pockets of fantasy and cognitive dissonance, they will inevitably leak into other aspects of their mind. Because beliefs don't exist in a vacuum.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
