Cheerleaders used to haze prospective cheerleaders at my high school this way. This sounds considerably more hard core, but it has me wondering if they still do that.
And what the fuck is the point of training Missionaries for this? Are they worried they're going to spill the beans on all sorts of sensitive Biblical information?
If you use violence of physical force, or the threat thereof, to coerce someone to go someplace against their will, that is kidnapping. There is no Jesus Clause in the definition.
Umm.... since when did *any* Christian Church consider what they're doing is wrong? From my experience, it's par for the course: if some Church does something, it is the right, moral thing to do, no matter what it is. It could be helping people, it could be condemning them. But their morality is always "we do it, therefore it is right."
ahh ok, so grand juries going after a church cult that kidnapped kids is ok, but not ok if the grand jury is going after neo anarchists alligned with the occupy movement smashing windows and assaulting people? wow, way to show those true colors slog.
When I was a teen the seniors in our church youth group kidnapped the freshman out of their beds every year - with parent permission (though I suppose that doesn't really make it okay does it?). Anyway, hilarity ensued with a day of games and activities with the kids romping around in their pajamas.
Until one boy woke up badly and freaked out (odd, right?) by being woken suddenly by a bunch of people in masks in his room... they stopped after that. Thinking back, I wonder what youth pastor started that tradition and why he thought it was okay and why the parents allowed it to happen.
And what the fuck is the point of training Missionaries for this? Are they worried they're going to spill the beans on all sorts of sensitive Biblical information?
If you use violence of physical force, or the threat thereof, to coerce someone to go someplace against their will, that is kidnapping. There is no Jesus Clause in the definition.
Umm.... since when did *any* Christian Church consider what they're doing is wrong? From my experience, it's par for the course: if some Church does something, it is the right, moral thing to do, no matter what it is. It could be helping people, it could be condemning them. But their morality is always "we do it, therefore it is right."
Until one boy woke up badly and freaked out (odd, right?) by being woken suddenly by a bunch of people in masks in his room... they stopped after that. Thinking back, I wonder what youth pastor started that tradition and why he thought it was okay and why the parents allowed it to happen.
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David Stanton
bible lessons for teenagers