Comments on: Children disrespecting other children – Part 2

By: Nance Confer

Nance Confer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:07:55 +0000

And Christians don’t proselytize in prisons?

Even if that is true, that leaves the rest of the world available to the Cs. Who are not, apparently, actually hindered by the “separation” thing.

Nance

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:49 +0000

I had no idea that was what happened to the shoe boxes. 8-(

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:27 +0000

Tim Tebow does the Christian prison ministry thing too, sigh. The real human truth is that education, not anybody's religious story presented as Truth, is what prisoners lack that gets them in, and what they need most to stay out. And to get education either before, during or after prison, they need society's sincerely charitable help rather than a bunch of power-play preacher competition disguised as humble, selfless human love and giving. The Chronicle of Higher Education has been writing about that this week. We all could get behind that if feeding needy minds rather than our own morbidly obese egos was the point. Now THAT would be practical, ethical, moral, charitable within the Golden Rule of all faiths and PC all at the same time! It would unite us rather than set us against each other -- thus it seems clear Graham's true purpose isn't any of that. His scheme is left looking like plain old-fashioned flock-fleecing soul collection, racking up the points for his own claim to good works while breaking most of the rules he supposedly is teaching.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:03 +0000

I also believe, given their stronger sense of fairness, children would not appreciate learning the truth about what they’ve been doing. It’s only adults who can twist and distort meanings to make stuff like this sound admirable.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:54 +0000

Though evangelical Muslims don’t do the shopping bag thing, they do proselytize in the prisons. It’s one of Chuck Colson’s Prison Ministry’s scare tactics: Christians have to get to the prisoners before the ‘Islams’ do! :P

Ever since Girl’s school sent word home that they participate in this program, I’ve been looking into it. Very, very few people seem upset by it and those that are concerned are promptly and derisively branded “PC” and dismissed as cheerless misers with no heart for children. Even parents practicing the same “false” faiths as those targetted love and defend the program! There’s no getting through to people on this issue. Mr. Graham has himself a great gig.

By: Nance Confer

Nance Confer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:37:13 +0000

Brilliant theologian that I am, I was waiting for the other switcheroo shoe to drop.

Is that because we don’t hear about pushy Muslims pulling this kind of crap on kids, and the rest of us (assuming Mom and Dad had something to do with the goodies being donated), but the Muslims do the same crappy things? Or is it because Christians think they own the fucking world and can do anything they want, even in places where such behavior is prohibited by law?

Nance

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Even with the photo-chop job I did on his neck? Cool.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:15:35 +0000

He sure looks like his father . . .it actually startled me.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:11:20 +0000

Thanks for that :)

It’s my rather clumsy attempt to make a point. :)

By: COD

COD — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:51:47 +0000

I see what you did there.