for Christians to tell their children that if they dont live by a certain set of rules that they will burn in hell and demons will torture them in ways they could not imagine, when they die?
2006-07-28 08:51:29 · 21 answers · asked by adgbirdib 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that's a little much for kids now a days, they might become too traumatized to play Doom or Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...
they'd have to listen to a soothing Britney Spears, Madonna or Spice Girls record or get a lowerback tattoo to calm them down enough to decide which kind of piercing they want...
Damn those "Christian Morals" they're RUINING our kids!!!
2006-07-28 08:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think it's very wrong. I'm glad to see that somebody else feels that way too. Not just their children, but other people too. I just think it's mean to tell someone that they are going to burn in hell. I think it's kind of like bullying... you put others down in order to feel good about yourself, or to feel that you're somehow more special than others and need to "fix" the world. It's a confidence issue, I think. And anyway nobody REALLY knows whether that is true, it's just a matter of faith. But I think it's a cruel kind of faith to think that so many good people will endure eternal pain just because they don't follow a "certain set of rules" as you put it.
2006-07-28 08:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by C L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a parents job to teach their children right and wrong. If more parents would do this we'd have a lot less problems in this country. I just don't see a problem with telling children about the consequenses of their actions should they decide to do the wrong thing. Like I said, more parents should.
2006-07-28 08:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by AC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. This is another common form of Christian spiritual abuse. The idea is to strike fear into them. How horrible. Spiritual abuse is a common theme in Christianity. For example, how often are Christians told that they are horrible, lowly creatures who only have worth because God loves them. Apply this same thinking to any regular household and you have a recipe for abuse. A father that tells his child that they are nothing without him is a horrible father indeed. Christianity is no different.
2006-07-28 09:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rance D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the appropriate age the children of those of the Christian Faith are properly instructed in The Word... That which is appropriate for the age and level of understanding of the child... God's Word is not to be used in the way you imply... it is unfortunate that there are those parents who do as you describe... this is not The Teaching Of Jesus The Christ... FOR ALL... if you do not come to God in TheWay He proscribes you will be eternaly seperated from God... That is a fact... it is not to be used to scare children into submission... it is a Truth of God's Word
2006-07-28 08:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm...my parents never told me that. I was taught that heaven is a beautiful place...and if I was good I would go there. I didn't learn about hell until I was a bit older. I also would never do that to my children. I think it would be too scary for them, and will teach them the way I was taught.
2006-07-28 08:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by mrsjav 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think demons would be a problem they and the devil are there as a punishment too you know, but I'm drifting from the point yes it's wrong and i will never tell that to my kids
2006-07-28 08:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abolutely, this is wrong.
What Really Is Hell?
Hell is generally thought of as a place of punishment for sin. Concerning sin and its effect, the Bible says: "Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." (Romans 5:12) The Scriptures also state: "The wages sin pays is death." (Romans 6:23) Since the punishment for sin is death, the fundamental question in determining the true nature of hell is:
What happens to us when we die?
Does something inside us, like a soul or a spirit, survive the death of the body? Consider how the first man, Adam, came to have life. The Bible states: "God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life." (Genesis 2:7) Though breathing sustained his life, putting "the breath of life" into his nostrils involved much more than simply blowing air into his lungs. It meant that God put into Adam's lifeless body the spark of life—"the force of life," which is active in all earthly creatures. (Genesis 6:17; 7:22) The Bible refers to this animating force as "spirit." (James 2:26) That spirit can be compared to the electric current that activates a machine or an appliance and enables it to perform its function. Just as the current never takes on the features of the equipment it activates, the life-force does not take on any of the characteristics of the creatures it animates. It has no personality and no thinking ability.
What happens to the spirit when a person dies?
Psalm 146:4 says: "His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish." When a person dies, his impersonal spirit does not go on existing in another realm as a spirit creature. It "returns to the true God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:7) This means that any hope of future life for that person now rests entirely with God.
What does the Bible teach about the soul?
Adam "came to be a living soul," says Genesis 2:7. He did not receive a soul; he was a soul—a whole person. The Scriptures speak of a soul's doing work, craving food, being kidnapped, experiencing sleeplessness, and so forth. (Leviticus 23:30; Deuteronomy 12:20; 24:7; Psalm 119:28) Yes, man himself is a soul. When a person dies, that soul dies.—Ezekiel 18:4.
What, then, is the condition of the dead?
When pronouncing sentence upon Adam, Jehovah stated: "Dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19) Where was Adam before God formed him from the dust of the ground and gave him life? Why, he simply did not exist! When he died, Adam returned to that state of complete absence of life. The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: "The dead know nothing . . . In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." (New International Version) Scripturally, death is a state of nonexistence. The dead have no awareness, no feelings, no thoughts.
Unending Torment or Common Grave?
Since the dead have no conscious existence, hell cannot be a fiery place of torment where the wicked suffer after death.
What, then, is hell?
Examining what happened to Jesus after he died helps to answer that question. The Bible writer Luke recounts: "Neither was [Jesus] forsaken in Hades [hell, King James Version] nor did his flesh see corruption."* (Acts 2:31) Where was the hell to which even Jesus went? The apostle Paul wrote: "I handed on to you . . . that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, yes, that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15:3, 4) So Jesus was in hell, the grave, but he was not abandoned there, for he was raised up, or resurrected.
Job prayed for protection in hell
Consider also the case of the righteous man Job, who suffered much. Wishing to escape his plight, he pleaded: "Who will grant me this, that thou mayest protect me in hell [Sheol], and hide me till thy wrath pass?" (Job 14:13, Douay Version) How unreasonable to think that Job desired to go to a fiery-hot place for protection! To Job, "hell" was simply the grave, where his suffering would end.
The Bible hell, then, is the common grave of mankind where good people as well as bad ones go.
2006-07-28 09:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by Psalm37-29 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
My boys do not need a mythical torture land to realize right from wrong.
2006-07-28 08:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello adgbirdib.. :)
No..it is not wrong..what is wrong is to lie to our children.. :(
Do you tell your precious little children that they should not hurt other children, what do you tell them could happen if they do??
Do you tell your children to look both ways while crossing the street..what are the tragedies that can happen to them if they do not??
Do you tell your sweet little children not to speak to strangers, do you not, also tell them what can happen to them, if they do not listen to you??
Now please show me, the difference..we are all trying to keep our precious little children from harm as we know it..
In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)
2006-07-28 09:05:03 · answer #10 · answered by EyeLovesJesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋