Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
trevster2k said:
No, when I went to that school in Grade 5, I was a Christian I suppose, baptized United but not a church goer. Some of my classmates were Anglican and United too.
Early on, I saw nothing wrong with it but as I aged, (it was K-12 school), I took a step back and realized something was wrong. I listened to whatever music I wanted to but I did buy into their anti-abortion and some other things along the way. I was so young that I was really not aware of the big picture which is why now feel such disdain for this treatment and the Jesus Camp stuff.
Never being given the opportunity to question is probably the worst of this, in my view, for these kids. You come across as a very intelligent and open minded guy, and it's given that that it is remarkable considering where you grew up. I know a lot of these kids might do as you did when they enter adulthood, but how many wont? And how many will have to wait until adulthood to do precisely this? Why deny a growing mind the chance to look at any given subject from multiple angles? It's a right, not a privilege, to learn, and I absolutely think when you cut off perspectives you are doing a major disservice to a child's mind.