The bible..
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- flagellum0
No no, learn:
- ********0
bible researche.com? be serious.
- flagellum0
is Bible research somehow invalid? Not so much acquainted with manuscript scholarship, eh?
Let's try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex…
- gramme0
When (or if you already have) have children will they just automatically become christians, or will they be given the chance to decide on their own which faith to follow or whether they want to follow any faith at all.
czawada
(Oct 16 07, 11:31)I will bring my kids with me to church, as does every Christian parent in the world. I will teach them about the faith, about Scripture, about prayer. I will pray with them, love them and disclipine them according to principles found in the Bible. When they are old enough to think for themselves and make intelligent decisions (this varies from one child to the next, but it tends to happen in the mid to late teenage years), I will then let them decide for themselves if they want to be involved in our church or any church. Any younger than that, and they won't know what's good for them. Any younger than that, and I would be an irresponsible parent to neglect their spiritual upbringing. Most teenagers still don't know what's good for them, but at least they are starting to think for themselves. So at that point I would stop enforcing church attendance.
I will never make my kids get involved with extra-curricular church activities like youth group, choir, Bible study etc. unless they want to. I will strongly encourage them to be involved and hopefully model for them what it looks like to be a functioning member of the body of Christ.
If my kids grow up, get to a certain age, and don't share my beliefs, they will be welcome to live with us as long as they want. They can go to church, any church, or not, provided that they toe the line while living under my roof (i.e. respect my wife and myself, avoid the abuse of alcohol/drugs, don't have premarital sex under my roof, etc. etc.). Basically just respect our rules, which is what any parent asks of their children, Christian or not.
Ultimately, we should each raise our children up in the way we believe they should go, but you can't ultimately force someone to believe anything. I hope to raise kids who know Christ as I do, but I also want them to be able to think and reason for themselves. I have no interest in raising robots or caged animals.
Does that answer your question?
- ********0
are you people STILL arguing about santa?
- mrdobolina0
you got it all figured out, eh?
- ********0
research this:
http://www.concordatwatch.eu/sho…
- gramme0
Is it too early to declare this thread dead, shot in the face, punched in the ear, and poisoned with arsenic-laced sweet potatoes for good measure?
I hate a bloody sweet potato. Devil's earwax, if you ask me.
- ********0
wheres that website that compares some egyptian god/religion to that of jesus/christianity? i'm not gonna dig through that god's warriors thread...! :) somebody have it saved?
- ********0
i forgot that google existed.
- ********0
Sick, high five bro. For this thread is way more fun than three older nuns lifting skirts to reveal one’s beaver.
- mrdobolina0
hahahaha
- ********0
- czawada0
I understand what you're saying gramme, obviously you would take them to church and what not at an early age. The part I struggle with is that YOU will decide when they are ready to make the decision for themselves. I just don't understand how you can make that call for them.
- sea_sea0
there also the zeitgeist movie..... talks all about the sun god - egypt - christ connection..... very interesting
- ********0
and all that brainwashing from the day they're born until their teen years isn't going to have an affect on what they choose for themselves???
- flagellum0
Antonelli: This is not skeptics 101 class. You are going to have to do better than the old Horus/Osiris canard...
- Mimio0
Yep, those kids are still going to rebel, get-in-the-bag and go crazy with drugs, liquor, permarital sex, then crash their Camaro into an embutment and say they were spared by Angels and are now "Born again." The cycle continues.
This is how 9 our of 10 American Evangelical preachers are born btw.
- flagellum0
I cannot confer Christian faith on my children. I can lovingly instruct them about God's love for them and how he desires a relationship with them. But ultimately, they must personally receive Jesus Christ into their hearts/lives.
- ********0
my money is on Jesus=Patroclus