how many christians teach their children about the grusome details of christ's death, but restrict their?

Question

but restrict their TV/movie viewing because of violence?

i find this to be a common occurence amung christians and i think it's ridiculous. i don't let my kids watch anything that's rated higher than their age group. example, my 15 yr old doesn't watch movies rated higher than 14+

are there any christians who agree with my logic?

p.s. i'm not christian, i'm a witch, but just curious about christian logic

wiseone - you're not so wise, are you? letting a 5 yr old watch horror movies??? OMG shame on you

yes, i'm a witch. most pagans enjoy learning - learning about anything, and most of all, other religions! most pagans have read the bible more than christians! how dare you proclaim to be a good christian and answer with such hostility - you make the rest of the christians look bad.

Answer 1

lmao the person insults you using improper grammar and calls you stupid?? ROFLMAO!! I love it when christians prove their intelligence.

This is a very astute question sweetie. When I was in christianity, the kids weren't exposed to 'gruesome details'.. they were simply told the good stuff.. I never felt the need to 'share' that with them.
I'm glad I didn't.,... it was all a lie anyway.

Answer 2

I have read the Bible to my son and he has learned about Christ in religion classes when he was younger but I wouldn't have let him seen a movie like "Passion of the Christ" at a young age. That movie is very detailed and bloody. Now that he is older, he has seen it with me in our home and we talked during the movie. I explained the history behind Roman crucifixions and death penalties back then and how the bodies were to be taken down before sunset on Sabbath and such. I always educate my son while watching movies.

But to read the story from the Bible to a 6, 8, 10 yr old is not the same as watching "Firday the 13th" or "Saw" or any horror film. The Bible is full of violence, wars, death, and also joy, births, blessings. It part of life. Just like our news today, our media of the Iraw war and Katrina and such.

When Christian parents teach their children about Christ, we don't go into detail about His death. We teach why He died for us. When our children grow older and ask questions, then we can determine how much we want to add to it. Learning history is part of knowledge. Jesus wasn't the only person crucified. Thousands if not millions of people died through that methods, as well as being beheaded and burned.

Answer 3

The logic is this: Even if you don't blelive in the historical Jesus, his manner of death was an everyday occurrence in his day and age. Literally tens of thousands of people were executed in such a fashion. Such atrocities were accepted as the facts of life. This is a historical fact. Christianity in the early days at least, tried to teach people that to harm and kill others was wrong. Whereas now it is considered entertainment to watch one person chop another with a chain saw, not only that but if the murderer gets away with his crime then it is thanks to his superior intellect. Right and wrong have nothing to do with it. Just like in the time of the Romans where the person in power out of a whim ordered someone to kill himself, then that was just tooo bad, it had nothing to do with right or wrong.

Answer 4

There is a big difference between teaching religion and SHOWING violence in movies and on TV. I do not think that watching the movies of the Crucifixion would be appropriate for children. But, they also hear the Exodus story on Passover, and of the plagues and hardships of the Hebrews in Egypt...but that doesn't mean that I think The Ten Commandments is necessarily a children's movie. Common sense is a better judge of what is appropriate at any given age level.

Answer 5

First of all you are confusing being educated about the details of someone's death with an endorsement of violent media by suggesting that their is some sort of parity between the two.

I have taught my son about the death and crucifixion of Jesus, but I would not let him see the Passion of The Christ. Knowing Jesus was crucified is a lot different then witnessing a gruesome recreation of it with sound and special effects.

In addition as my son grows up I plan on allowing him to view certain movies that are violent. Schindler's List is extremely violent, but it is about finding humanity during inhumane times and conditions.

There are very few Christians who object to violence in all forms. What you will see is a Christian abhorrence to Hollywood films that stylize and glorify violence, giving it seductive apeal.

Answer 6

I was raised in a loving Christian household. I had a few programs I enjoyed and was allowed to watch, but TV was
a last resort for me...not first. My parents taught me by example not Bible-thumps over the head. And I was told, then read to, then personally read stories from The Bible that were age-appropriate written.

But I can tell you that even as I have been reading and studying and memorizing scripture since I was a child, there were some books of the Bible that I did not read nor understood until after I was grown, married, and had babies.

The Song of Solomon because it is the most loving and sensual book of perfect physical love between a man and a wife ever.

And Revelations, because it took maturity, understanding, and awareness of symbolism, & the geo-political dynamics we live in.

And although I have read of the crucifixion of Jesus in the Bible. I had little or no knowledge of the details of what those Roman punishments and terminology actually entailed. The verbal and the visible thought of "being whipped and then nailed to the cross" made me weep every time I read those passages.

I am ashamed to admit that although I have studied the histories of the peoples, the nations, of Judaism, the Jews, and Christians throughout history... Cowardly, I know, but I did not want to KNOW all the details of what Jesus suffered through for nine hours before He died at Calvary for me.

I forced myself to rectify that when the movie, The Passion Of Christ showed at theaters. And even then, Mel Gibson and producers only gave us a 45 minute visual window into what Jesus suffered for nine hours without ceasing. I was broken by that movie and fell more in love with Jesus Christ from that day.

Jesus IS the epitomy of: "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends"....John 15:13

But...yes, I did and do restrict what is viewed in my home, mainly because it is pretend/writer created violence gratuitiously splattered over anything and everything today for the sake of "shock value", media/viewer ratings, book sales, box office revenues, store receipts, and/or what they idiotically label/believe/spin to be "harmless" entertainment...fun.

I do not want myself or my children to be or become inured to the EVIL and INSANITY of indiscriminant acts of bloodshed and violence, but in this day and time, we as adults and parents MUST walk the scary balance between shielding them and educating our children to the fact that there are EVIL people and EVIL acts that are perpetuated for the sake
of harm/fear/destruction of the innocent, old, deprived, and helpless in this world.

And so I do applaud Mel Gibson for having the merciful kindness and desire to "walk the scary balance between for us parents" to put together a child-appropriate edition of The Passion Of Christ for younger audiences.

But believer or not, no one can watch the last nine hours of Jesus' life on Earth and come away from the theater and still honestly believe or call Jesus "just spineless, a milque-toast, and an impoverished, beggar, a traveling mortal man who taught philosophy and developed a following."

Answer 7

Are you asking for a percentage? Because, like... that's impossible to give...

Can you imagine doing a telephone survey?

Hello, I'm doing a survey to see how many Christians teach their children about the gruesome details of Christ's death, but restrict their TV/movie viewing because of violence.
Press One if you're a Christian... Hang Up if you're not...
Press One if you teach your children gruesome details of Christ's Death... Press Two if you just say He died
Press One if you let your children watch Violent Movies... Press Two if you only let them watch G rated... Press One...

Get the Pic?

Answer 8

Why? the reality Jesus lived is extra proper and extra profusely documented that Julius Caesar. in case you prepare an identical standards which you utilize to brush off Jesus to the data for Julius Caesar, then you certainly ought to additionally see that Julius Caesar by no ability existed! Conversely, while an identical historic and archaeological standards used to checklist Julius Caesar are utilized to Jesus, the thought Jesus existed ought to be called genuine. in any different case, utilising 2 diverse standards of verification, one for Julius Caesar, one for Jesus, is merely unscientific, arbitrary, 2-confronted mendacity. thus, there is not any controversy to tutor. What church homes DO tutor is the right and consistent use of medical technique -- utilising an identical standards interior an identical thank you to the two facets of the problem. YOUR ingredient loses.

Answer 9

I have two children. My 15 year old has always been mature for his age. I have had no restrictions on his watching of anything. Yes, he seen the Passion of Christ and the horrific beatings.
My 9 year old daughter is a typical 9 year old. I do restrict some of her watching. But p.g. 13 is ok for her to watch. She has not seen the Passion of Christ.
The reason I restrict her (from horror and murder movies) is because, like me, she would keep me up all night with nightmares, just like I did my mother.

Answer 10

my kids are too young to know the complete story of Jesus' death. Mel Gibson was gentle! There's so much more to it. They ripped his beard off. After they whipped him, the put a robe on him, once dried they ripped it off. They did that 3 times.

I do limit what they watch and the games they play.

Maturity will come soon enough. I prefer to let my kids be kids for now. They'll learn soon enough.

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Answer 11

I dont know who you are speaking too but the Sacrifice was stressed more the brutality of the Crucifixion. It was not until later on when Mel Gibson opened that can of worms did we start examining the horrible way that Jesus died.