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Post by MammaMel on Mar 7, 2024 6:06:29 GMT -6
My sister and I have begun reading 1 Kings. We wanted to read and discuss a book so I told her to pick. I was thinking New Testament but she picked Kings. Kings is such an exciting book. Lots of intrigue. It begins with an attempt to usurp the throne.
I wonder... a lot of parents would object to several things in the Bible in a piece of new literature in school. It is a very violent book in some places. A very sensual book in others.
David and Bathsheba and murder and general mayhem in spots. Cain and Abel. I believe in protecting our children. Though I wonder, are we protecting them so much they aren't developing what they need to protect themselves and be aware of these things?
Are we giving them what they NEED to stand when confronted with evil?
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Post by michelle on Mar 7, 2024 7:54:02 GMT -6
I think that the biggest difference between the Bible and what we see in some of the books being promoted today is that in the Bible, sin is dealt with, and there are consequences. As opposed to the books that are promoting sin and even rewarding it
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Post by MammaMel on Mar 7, 2024 10:51:51 GMT -6
Michelle, that was part of my thinking. Many parents, not necessarily Christian ones but in general, want to avoid teaching children about war and other "negative" things.
The consequences for negative acts, the punishments for sin, will cause the other side of the coin to not want the story told. Does that make sense?
Another example, the Nancy Drew books. I have some from the 30s. the danger to Nancy is much more pronounced than even the same story retold in the 70s (when I began reading them) and today... Nancy and her friends are unrecognizable from the originals. The stories are too easy. Plus the writing is not nearly as well done.
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