I was watching a call in tv-show on the CTS channel. The host told a christian father that if he went with his wife's (atheist) decision not to baptize their baby, and the baby didnt grow up to accept god, their child would go to hell for eternity. I think that host should have been fired, but yet there he is every night spewing his hate.
2007-01-04 09:42:16 · 26 answers · asked by melvinbenjamin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, this is Canada for me. Also CTS was one of 3 channels I had when my satellite went down. :)
2007-01-04 09:53:14 · update #1
I think it is a threat and manipulation and discriminitory against freedom of religion. Yes, there should be a law.
There are other laws for exceptions of freedom of speech isn't there?
2007-01-04 09:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by ridethestar 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The call-in TV show's host has a right to his opinion, and he didn't call the Christian father, a Christian father called him and got an opinion that he could take or leave. The problem in this case though is the "unequal yoke" that's involved in a society that looks at the wife with much more equality than what was probably in existence in biblical times when entire households were baptized because of the authority of the head of household. That situation no longer exists, and we are left with a bit of a quandary as to the Christian father's authority to conduct his house in a Christian manner -- which I suppose gives some credibility to the TV host's "threat" if the atheist wife is going to be wearing the pants in the family and dictating whether baptism will be performed and whether the home will be labeled "Christian". In biblical times, and I suppose in some societies today, the atheist wife would also get baptized since she would hold the same status as the infant -- under the authority of the "master" of the house. So, will the baby go to hell if it dies? I suppose that depends on who is the real authority over that child. Baptists have an entirely different outlook on this, but I thought I would give you a view from an infant baptizer's perspective.
2007-01-06 10:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see If we can work out where this guy's coming from by putting it another way - if he's telling the truth, perhaps it should be a crime not to warn people about this. For example, if a car mechanic knows your brakes are likely to fail & you could be killed, shouldn't he warn you?
It sounds to me as though this person needs to do a lot of work on his inter-personal skills before he starts putting guilt trips on people. Perhaps he's some sort of nutter, but I guess that if he pulls in the dough, the programme makers are going to keep letting him do this his way.
Do you believe he said something true in a very insensitive way, or was he completely wrong? Personally I wouldn't believe him without proper evidence, but if you're at all worried by what he said, check it out with somebody who's a bit more compassionate & rational.
2007-01-04 18:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by dzerjb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now you know how Hitler got all these people to believe in him and he didn't have the talk shows of today. Television, newspaper, net or radio talk show host are there to bring emotional feeling to the audience like commentates and people listen to them some even talk back to there TV or radio, like there listening. Wow can you imagine what they have us believing already, I though it was mean of my friend dad when he threw the TV and Radio out to the street, because his religion did not believe they were good influences on children let along adults and that was in the 70's and now I know he was doing the correct thing. These host will say what ever to keep there job and if we listen to them we are the fools!
2007-01-04 17:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by man of ape 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are constitutional rights in the USA. So as for it being a crime...
However, as the Christian faith says, all babies are protected, and will go to heaven, whether baptized or not. Now, if that boy grows up and decides not to accept "god", by that preachers beliefs, he would go to hell. This would in no way make a difference whether the baby has water sprinkled on his head as an infant or not.
As for the christian evangelists, they are very dangerous people who are brainwashing our children. (see the documentary "Jesus Camp")
2007-01-04 18:01:26 · answer #5 · answered by DrSeuss 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a Canadian channel, I presume. I don't know what kind of religious laws you guys have. Here, in the US, we have an anti-establishment clause in the Constitution. Yet, we still can't beat off the mediaeval thinkers with a stick!
2007-01-04 17:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is America where the uninformed, uneducated and even those who are educated and informed have the right to present their opinion. The more money you have the larger your audience can be.
As Christians we are strongly encouraged to renew our mind and to gain God's wisdom for us in our daily life. When we do this the enemy of God and His children is unable to effect us with his lies and deceptions.
2007-01-04 18:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by David R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Making religion a crime is as repressive as some religions. A better solution is to switch the channel.
2007-01-04 17:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well that man can say whatever he wants, even about the baby going to hell because we are all entitled to our own beliefs... but ppl like that who r so radical should loose their support on a whole. Why r these ppl the one on tv? who sponsors them?
2007-01-04 17:56:53 · answer #9 · answered by lustmord 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It one of the Rights that we have in the United States to express oneself in religious beliefs, even though such expression may seem offensive to some people.
2007-01-04 17:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by brother g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋