Did anyone read this article? This kid was banned from attending a catholic school because his last name was literally "Hell". I thought Christianity tought acceptance? I mean it's not like this kid picked his last name. Thoughts?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070709/od_afp/australiareligion
2007-07-09 03:03:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is ridiculous, what is he supposed to do, let the kid go to a regular school and be picked on even worse? He was allowed to change his last name but in truth would that really stop the kids from picking on him, if even one of them knew his last name it would get around faster then a wild fire, in the desert, on forth of July. I am trying to see it from the Principles perspective but i just can't, that is like saying i can't get on a bus or go shopping at specific places because i don't look like everyone else. It is just wrong to point out people for one reason or another. I hope that guy either sues or does something about it, it just ain't right.
2007-07-09 05:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Innocence Lost 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should have read the whole article. The sixth paragraph/quote from the bottom reads, "School officials later had a change of heart, but Hell now says there is no way he will ever enrol his son there."
As you can see, school officials though better about their decision, and rightly so I might add, but now it is the Hell family refusing to go to the school now that he has been allowed to enroll.
For the record, Christianity does not teach acceptance. It teaches tolerance. Acceptance and tolerance are two different things.
To invoke "acceptance" means I as a Christian have to accept one's sins as well as the sinner.
To properly invoke "tolerance" is to accept the sinner but not the sins.
In this case, merely having the last name "Hell" does not constitute tolerance. I am glad to see the school officials had a change of heart on the matter.
2007-07-10 03:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the school administrator has made a mistake. The boy Max Hell's namesake was a Jesuit priest.
Father Maximilian Hell (1720-1792) was a Jesuit priest and astronomer: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07211a.htm
I pray that this error will be corrected.
Now if the boys first name was Hell then there might be a problem.
With love in Christ.
2007-07-09 18:07:55 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it seems to me the school reacted badly about the boy's last name, then corrected itself, at which point the boy's family overreacted. It also seems that the boy's family wanted the boy to go to the Catholic school not for religious reasons, but because he was being bullied because of his name (see http://cbs4denver.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_190064038.html ). Looking at the google articles ('hell boy", etc) it seems the school had a reasonable fear that the bullying would continue.
Anyone can make a mistake; the important thing is to try to fix it.
2007-07-09 03:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by a 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As aldo triente pointed out, the parents wanted to put him in Catholic school because he was being bullied over his name at his current school. Since the Catholic school supported the plan to enroll the boy using his mother's maiden name, is it reasonable to assume they were just trying to avoid similar problems at their school.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070709/ap_on_fe_st/odd_australia_hell_of_a_name_1
2007-07-09 03:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is hilarious and ridiculous at the same time. We have a Hell here in Michigan, but it wasn't named after the Christian notion of Hell, rather after a German word. His last name is probably the same.
2007-07-09 03:08:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Christianity is about acceptance. Maybe you need to be asking the specific group-----Catholics---about this.
I see this happened in Australia. It would not happen in America; the parents can sue.
Public schools do not turn away anyone, as private schools do. They are non-discriminatory.
:)
2007-07-09 03:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Max Hell? That poor kid. I wonder if his full first name is "Maximum."
That is completely unfair.
Christianity DOES teach acceptance. Some people are just not aware of that fact.
2007-07-09 03:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that last name before..Hale, not spelled Hell, but that is ridiculous, unless he changed the spelling to be funny.
If not, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
2007-07-09 04:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what the civil law is in Australia, but if this happened in the US you can bet your *** they'd already have a lawsuit filed.
2007-07-09 03:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋