Christian Youth Prepare for Cyber-Missions Trip

davidsmalley »

Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:58 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 2

I honestly think it’s disturbing that these churches are using vulnerable children to push their message of religiosity to other children. A child cannot make the distinction between reason and reality, let alone teach it to others. These children have not had the opportunity to learn about Secular Humanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hindu, or any other religion. These children are not Christians – they are the offspring of Christian parents, and nothing more. That does not qualify them to become evangelists for Christ, and requesting them to do so is brainwashing, mental child abuse, and forcible child labor.

My note to the churches participating in this mass use of child laborers in an effort to increase attendance in church is this: Why don’t you give these children the opportunity to grow up on their own, and instead of scaring them with the notions of Hell and prompting them to make fearful decisions, encourage them to make educated ones?

Before they go on ‘your mission,’ which they don’t fully understand, let them read ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins, or ‘Atheism Advanced’ by David Eller which completely deconstructs all religions piece by piece? Even let them read my blog! Then, when they have obtained equal knowledge on the topics of religion you have pushed on them, let them compare that to the logic of the Holy Bible where things appeared and vanished, based on a god saying “Let there be.”

This use of child labor is an outrage.

David Smalley
http://davidsmalley.blogspot.com