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Originally Posted by martinguerre
i have to really question this ethic. If we are serious about the vows made at baptism, then the entire community is responsible for the child. not only that, but it really evaporates the idea of children as property of parents...they are God's children, and we are but their guardians until they are ready to be independant. Jesus takes a very important stand on this issue, and makes children an important part of his ministry. laying hands on them and "letting the children come" is to show acceptance of those children as his responsibility. to the point...to watch what i believe is tantamount to child abuse occur in another household is not an act of respect for "to each his own" but a matter of having clean hands and a dirty heart.
Christian communities vow at every baptism to take communal responsbility for the child, to love them as God loves them without exception or fine print. i believe quite strongly that to teach a child to hate who they are is to preach the sin of ungratitude. to fail to confront this is to renouce the vows we have made as community.
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Are you implying that you are not tolerant of the methods of how someone else lives and chooses how to bring up their children in their own lifestyle and belief system?
Surely someone who is requesting that other people be accepting of YOUR lifestyle and belief system. Just because they are under the "Christian" faith does not mean that they have the same beliefs as you. They may have similarities but again, each ministry is free to choose how they decide to interpret the bible and interact with each other and their own community.
Or someone like myself who does not have the same faith base as you? My ethic is to be questioned? All I am saying is live and let live. Not my place to force my opinion. I don't think what they are doing is right but it is not my place to try and convince them otherwise.
I don't see why you have a hard time with accepting the fact that someone else CHOOSES what they feel is best for their child and their family that is well within the rights and guidelines set forth in the US Constitution and US Judicial system.
You cannot seem to understand that it's THEIR choice to believe that not whether or not you believe it or disapprove of it. It's not yours to decide, it may be yours to have an opinion but again not yours to force someone else to believe.
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