eMTee Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 what is the reason some people say that people should not let their kids read the Bible? I can supose that some of the same people who say that let kids watch movies and be around questionable people. Quote
BEAKER Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 what is the reason some people say that people should not let their kids read the Bible? I can supose that some of the same people who say that let kids watch movies and be around questionable people.indubitably!:shrug: Quote
Buffy Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 Are you kidding me? Its filled with sex, murder, torture, spite, sodomy, theft, infantcide, suicide, genocide, war... the MPAA would definitely rate it R...and has more than a few times! For governments its a dangerous source of revolutionary thought too....by the way, I still let my kid read it though...its better literature than the "teen/tween" garbage thats out there... Cheers,Buffy Quote
BEAKER Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 by the way, I still let my kid read it though.Cheers,BuffyCheers to you Buffy!:shrug: Quote
eMTee Posted May 20, 2005 Author Report Posted May 20, 2005 Are you kidding me? Its filled with sex, murder, torture, spite, sodomy, theft, infantcide, suicide, genocide, war... the MPAA would definitely rate it R...and has more than a few times! For governments its a dangerous source of revolutionary thought too....by the way, I still let my kid read it though...its better literature than the "teen/tween" garbage thats out there... is it suportive of all these things listed? In my reading of it...I only find it teaching against all that..It talks about the history of man..and the consiquences of their perversion...you seem to look at it as an evil book...why? What does the world have to offer? Quote
Smokinjoe9 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 The shear magnitute of literary philosophy is reason enough to read the Bible. There is some stuff in the Old Testament that might be hard for the younger audience to comprehend. I would be selective if the children are real young. Good stuff everyone should read it. I mean come on we study Shakespeare.... Quote
BEAKER Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 I mean come on we study Shakespeare....Somebody should open a new restaurant kinda like Boarders books, and call it "Steak & Shakespeare".:shrug: Quote
TINNY Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 my signature:The more you know about anything, the more you know about everything. Therefore, read the Bible. No problem at all. Just do not be misled! Quote
Buffy Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 is it suportive of all these things listed? In my reading of it...I only find it teaching against all that..It talks about the history of man..and the consiquences of their perversion...you seem to look at it as an evil book...why?"God says to Abraham 'Kill me a son' and Abe says 'Man, you must be putting me on.'"Bob DylanLot's wife gets punished just for looking back? Demonization of the Jews? You can read into it whatever you want. I can go on and on with examples.... Cheers,Buffy Quote
TINNY Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 on second thoughts, Buffy's cynism is quite true. Ain't suitable for kids. Besides, there's so many other better books to read. Quote
Biochemist Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 ...Ain't suitable for kids. Besides, there's so many other better books to read.Some part probably are not suitable, but there are lots of children's Bibles (for kids of all ages) that filter the inappropriate content. I think Bible reading is almost always good for anybody. Quote
BEAKER Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 "God says to Abraham 'Kill me a son' and Abe says 'Man, you must be putting me on.'" Bob Dylan Personaly, I don't think Bob Dylan would be my first choice for Grand Pubah of theology.:note: On the other hand; that probably would have been my reaction too. Quote
BEAKER Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 - But to get back on topic; you can only sheild kids for so long from the evil and devience of mankind - and you deffinately want to up to a point. What a sad world it is that we even have to be concerned about how to deal with issues like these. Makes me mad!:note: Quote
lindagarrette Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 The shear magnitute of literary philosophy is reason enough to read the Bible. There is some stuff in the Old Testament that might be hard for the younger audience to comprehend. I would be selective if the children are real young. Good stuff everyone should read it. I mean come on we study Shakespeare....Hog wash. The Bible is mostly boring and incomprehensible. There's no literary reason to study it. Also, no one tries to pass off Shapespeare as fact or inspired by God. Quote
Buffy Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 Personaly, I don't think Bob Dylan would be my first choice for Grand Pubah of theology.:note: ... On the other hand; that probably would have been my reaction too.Well there you have it! Okay, if not Bobby Z, how about Robert Plant? :note:I see the smilin' faces,I know there must be lipstick traces, oh God...All the wrong I've done, Ooh, you can deliver me, Lo-ordI only wanted to have some fun...Oh my Jesus, oh my Gina...Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'...(hack cough cough)Cough...(That's gonna be the one, isn't it?)(Come have a listen, then.)(Oh yes, thank you.) Zoso,Buffy Quote
Biochemist Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 Hog wash. The Bible is mostly boring and incomprehensible. There's no literary reason to study it. Also, no one tries to pass off Shapespeare as fact or inspired by God.LG- Is this another one of your fact-based assessments, not an opinion? Quote
Smokinjoe9 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 Hog wash. The Bible is mostly boring and incomprehensible. There's no literary reason to study it. Also, no one tries to pass off Shapespeare as fact or inspired by God.I disagree, the parables are good for the mind. I did not mean to say they did claim it was inspired by God, I just meant why Shakespeare? Quote
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