2007-06-04 12:48:20 · 9 answers · asked by Jadochop 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pew Potato:
Common Sense 1:14
"The Bible is just a book."
2007-06-04 14:16:48 · update #1
You could put forward the LOTR as a recounting of religious events, I suppose.
But, where are the principles to live life by?
Not to mention that when the kid got older and interacted with other kids, and isn't a complete moron, he would be able to see that the LOTR is a novel.
2007-06-04 12:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by verbalise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really. If the world itself does not introduce the Book Lord of the rings as the bible he will learn that what you are giving to him is actually a fiction written by a great writer.
2007-06-05 04:02:46 · answer #2 · answered by sadloner07 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once watched an episode of Doctor Who where the world had been destroyed and the only surviving book was Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies. As a result, that book became their Bible. It's an interesting idea. Try it.
2007-06-04 19:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To verbalise:
"Not to mention that when the kid got older and interacted with other kids, and isn't a complete moron, he would be able to see that the LOTR is a novel."
How come people believe in the bible then? Or did you mean to call them all morons in which case, carry on!
2007-06-04 19:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by Scott B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. If you sat down with your family and ate worms for dinner your small child would follow suit. Children are impressionable and easy to mold.
2007-06-04 19:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Punky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the child would become Roman Catholic, that is if your child was into finding out all about it. Good ol' JRR was a Roman Catholic.
2007-06-04 19:57:44 · answer #6 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke 17:1-2
He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
2007-06-04 20:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Probably. You can brainwash a child into believing anything.
2007-06-04 19:53:58 · answer #8 · answered by Shalabra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of like L.Ron Hubbard.. You could start your own "not-for-profit" religious sect..
2007-06-04 19:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋