Reply #13: kids went to a christian private school

[seabeyond]

with the first it was the first time i had expereinced baptist. i am calif girl and we didnt have lots of baptist. so i didnt catch it with that child. plus he was so good and easy, really wasnt relelvent to him. my second child is a little devil child and a hard child. when he started pre k i noticed immediately the first thing they give to the children is we are all sinners. and they cram and ram it into their head over and over. he was suppose to memorize the verse and i read we are all sinners. i look at the kid and say no way... look at that beauty, that angel, that sweetness, no sinner you

it was immediate without thought and i knew with this child i did not want him to already be told he does wrong giving him an excuse out. i could see him looking at me after doing wrong and say we are all sinners.

my children found a lot of contradictions. lots of hypocrisy over the years.

what i learned was they may talk about their sins but it seemed to me they were awfully forgiving awfully fast, it is all the rest that are sinners to such an extent they are going to hell. theres are forgiven

they felt special. tolds consistently they were gods children and special. they felt above.

it seems to me the we are all sinners is a statement to universe that we have to make this true. saying continually that you are a sinner, eventually you are going to have to become one