Sunday 26 April 2009

And They Say Gays Shouldn't Raise Children


Probably one of the most disturbing collection of moving pictures EVER: Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Show

I get the argument some with religious convictions - and those non-religious persons with simply a homophobic agenda - have: The Bible/Torah/Koran/Other Holy Book says Gays are perverted and wrong; children should be brought up in the light and way of goodness and truth (i.e. the religion of chosen Holy Book); ergo, Gays should not be allowed anywhere near children. I get it: I certainly disagree with it, but I get it.

However, one has to ask the question of who else should be kept from raising children. I mean, the little ones have susceptible, malleable minds and are eager to learn from whomever is willing to teach them (studies have also proven that children have excellent critical faculties, and only need them to be massaged in order to grow up to become great thinkers and debaters; but that is another discussion altogether): surely the gays are not the most dangerous group, let alone the only ones, who could damage the pyschological well-being of a child?

If you haven't already watched the above video, do so now, even if for five minutes.

See what I mean? I'll say no more...

5 comments:

  1. I can't watch it past 20 seconds. Why is little green man from Mars teaching the bible?

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  2. Aaarrrgghh!! Sanya why?! WHY!! I'd heard of this pyschotic freak show via, I think, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (btw, have you seen his Newswipe? Truly incisive...) and managed to banish it from my mind.

    Sick, sick, sick. It appears the mental welfare of children isn't of particular concern in Americaland - look at those Westboro loons and their poor warped tots.

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  3. Oh and I voted Great! for the new layout - who said it was horrible?

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  4. Dusty Boot - I think the question we should be asking is how did this get past regulators and the like, in order to get onto the screen!

    kaos|theory - I found out about this terror-fest via Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. I've recently binged on his show on YouTube.

    And re the poll: we'll all find out soon enough who did and didn't like the layout. Get ready for a witch-hunt!

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  5. The bible actually has very little to say about homosexuality. The religious right distort the fable of Sodom and Gomorrah for their own ends. In Ezekiel 16:48-49 God explains that Sodom was destroyed because its citizens were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned and they did not help the poor and needy, not because they indulged in a bit of man-love!

    http://theologynow.blogspot.com/2009/05/militance-of-sodomy.html

    The bible does have a lot to say about raising kids and it's not very nice. 'If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death.'

    http://theologynow.blogspot.com/2009/04/gods-wisdom-for-raising-children.html

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