tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post112187435623590827..comments2023-08-21T06:06:59.196-07:00Comments on Hellbound Alleee: What Do You Tell The Kids?Hellbound Alleeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268832216080854759noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1122089067991972712005-07-22T20:24:00.000-07:002005-07-22T20:24:00.000-07:00Ooooohh my! I'm a tremblin' a'fo da Load! Dat mumb...Ooooohh my! I'm a tremblin' a'fo da Load! Dat mumbo jumbo gibs me du heeebeee jeebees! Pleeese ka'nd laydah, pleeeees don' com out wit no mo' uh dat mistry talk! We heeethens can't take much uh dat - no sireee!<BR/>We soo full ub da shaym fo' denyin' the hebenly fathuh! Mercy, mercy!Rev. Barkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016813186560811456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1122010792802787602005-07-21T22:39:00.000-07:002005-07-21T22:39:00.000-07:00Does anyone actually believe that praying works? C...Does anyone actually believe that praying works? Could we find out? I'd like for as many Christians who think they hold the key to "God's Power" to pray for me, right here in this blog. Something we can really tell must have come from God. It doesn't matter if it doesn't happen right away. Maybe pray for me for exactly one year from now. And then you can't make excuses. Think about it as hard as you can, and then write a nice creative voodoo---I mean, Christian prayer. And we'll see what happens! If it's for me to die, that's fine too. If you are christian enough to want terrible pain for me, go ahead and show it like the twisted "saved" "unfinished" beasts you are! <BR/><BR/>Go for it!Hellbound Alleeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268832216080854759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1122008711211626482005-07-21T22:05:00.000-07:002005-07-21T22:05:00.000-07:00...and make sure they grow up with their eyes clea......and make sure they grow up with their eyes clear, and not glazed over, like Jules here, who blessed us with his/her little Voodoo incantation. Lets hope she/he has no actual hands on experience with children, and that she/he does nothing but pray her little gris-gris.Hellbound Alleeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268832216080854759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1122006145810267892005-07-21T21:22:00.000-07:002005-07-21T21:22:00.000-07:00pray for them that they do grow up believing in th...pray for them that they do grow up believing in the Lord with more faith than you. Pray for the release of whatever pain you blame on God.Some Random Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899335818477180211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1121991692786252162005-07-21T17:21:00.000-07:002005-07-21T17:21:00.000-07:00True, Alleee, religion is no guarantee of responsi...True, Alleee, religion is no guarantee of responsible sex - perhaps you are right, though about not getting laid as a teen and all the misery it caused - just my awkwardness and natural fear. In fact sex was never spoken about. Judging from my adult experiences, I'm somewhat glad I had some apprehension because I've seen so many young people whose lives are devastated by early pregnancy. As one who holds no great love for rugrats, I was wise to be able to get a VS before some clocker jacked me into it - and a few did try!<BR/><BR/>There are far better ways to teach kids about sex than telling them is is wrong.Rev. Barkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016813186560811456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1121960038480939432005-07-21T08:33:00.000-07:002005-07-21T08:33:00.000-07:00Come on, rev. Don't give religion credit. I mean, ...Come on, rev. Don't give religion credit. I mean, teen pregnancies aren't prevalent among <I>atheists.</I> It's a problem for the religious. What kind of sex education does religion give you? What kind of access to contraception does religion give you? How does that work?<BR/><BR/>If religion protected us from early pregnancy, we wouldn't need abortions. We wouldn't need contraception. Clearly, if you look around, it does not. Fear of sex? Sure. But for most people, the fear of sex given them by religion was not enough to overcome the desire. And hell--why should it?<BR/><BR/>I was brought up with religion. But I can tell you this for sure: religion was thrown out the window as far as it could go when it came to my sexual education. As it should be.<BR/><BR/>What do I credit my religious upbringing with? Years of fear and guilt. The only good thing was a dark sense of humour and a nostalgia for lime jell-o molds that goes away if I manage to eat some.Hellbound Alleeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268832216080854759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1121918216649598552005-07-20T20:56:00.000-07:002005-07-20T20:56:00.000-07:00I often wish I had not grew up with all this relig...I often wish I had not grew up with all this religiosity, however as one who came to atheism out of catholicism I have one thing a natural atheist does not - an understanding of religion and why people beleive it.<BR/>That, and my early fear of sex kept me from getting having sex too early and being stuck with a baybee.Rev. Barkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016813186560811456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1121906914234761212005-07-20T17:48:00.000-07:002005-07-20T17:48:00.000-07:00Yes, and...don't trust that they will simply do th...Yes, and...<BR/><BR/>don't trust that they will simply do the opposite of what you want. They're much more clever and devious than that. By the time they're teenagers, they see through the "rebellion=opposite" thing. The key is giving them a foundation. he need to rebel, though, goes so far beyond just doing the opposite. It's about creating an identity that is totally seperate from mom and dad. Lots of moms and dads make the terrible mistake of thinking that their kids are extensions of themselves. That could not possibly be further from reality.<BR/><BR/>Sure, it seems so loving to think of your kids as extensions of your body, but in reality it's presumptuous and rude. Sure, you feel pain if they do. But it's purely psychological. And it's not their fault. <BR/><BR/>We just hope that the kids will understand that whoever they are, whatever their age, they are total and complete individuals, who upon majority, are going to have to be responsible for their own mistakes. Mommy and Daddy are there to help make that happen. And teaching them to be religious undermines all of that.Hellbound Alleeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268832216080854759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656430.post-1121906163469423262005-07-20T17:36:00.000-07:002005-07-20T17:36:00.000-07:00Well put. My wife and I are probably going to hav...Well put. My wife and I are probably going to have our first child in the next two years, so I've thought a lot about this. Obviously I'm not going to teach them religion, but I think you're right about the need to teach them ABOUT religiona. Children always need to rebel. They'll latch on to whatever is opposite to their parents. I know I did it. I don't want to put them in a position in which rebellion takes place in a church. Exposure should help avoid that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com