How can a Christian and a neo-pagan coexist as mates?

I confess to being a bit baffled by the reluctance of some Christians to let their children even learn about other religions, much less investigate them. Can't this grand "Truth" of theirs withstand scrutiny and stand up on its own merits compared to other faiths? If God wants everyone to be saved, why allow the deck to be stacked against us in this way?

Children are stupid. It's best that they grow up in Christianity first, and then learn about other religions if they choose to when they're at least teenagers. After that, they are free to make their own choices.

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I thought you expected the Light of God to guide them away from Sinh?

So what do you tell them when they ask why their classmates don't pray over lunch the same way they do?

I feel that such a measure is, well, kind of stupid.

More importantly, how do you stop peer pressure from making them feel inadequate? You know Christian kids are actually bullied and made fun of in England?

As well they might! England has one religion, and that is class and rank and station, anything else is heresy!

And its not bullying it is simply that public displays of faith in England are (from almost all quarters) seen as being a little weird. With "foreigners" its more acceptable because they are weird anyway, but its taken as a rebuke of the rest of us if you decide to have a chat with Jesus over your sandwhich, thats good food going to waste!

I ain't having with foreign parts. It's not proper.

I'll have you notice most of the world thinks the British are weird. They're kinda like to Europe what the Japanese to Asia.

In more ways than one, Raw.

Eh, just tell your children that they made fun of Christ too when he was growing up.

I thought that midget Jesus like impressed temple leaders or something?

Wait, I might have the names wrong...

I thought CS was the people who attempt (and typically fail) to use the scientific method to attempt to prove parts of the bible such as that flood thing.

edited 11th Jan '11 4:47:58 PM by Diamonnes

Where is that awesome picture of child Jesus giving a sermon to the old priests in the Temple? He had a Finger Wag and everything!

@Diamnomnes Little good it did him; they stopped taking him seriously as soon as he came of age.

Besides, that doesn't mean the other children liked him.

He was freaking Jesus, what's there not to like?

@Raw Power I don't know, ask the Pharisees who conspired to have him killed and the Romans who crucified him.

I mean what's there not to like from a kid's POV, without any politics in the way. You know, on a personal level.

Unless he was an egomaniatic prick.

@Raw Power I don't know if many children would want to spend time with the philosopher kid; perhaps that's why he would rather be in the company of adults.

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I can relate to that.

JESUS WAS ONE OF US.