Thursday, July 24, 2014

Right Wing Christians tell kids CONVERT OR GO TO HELL. Right Wing then accuse liberals of indoctrination

http://www.alternet.org/belief/right-wing-christians-tell-others-kids-convert-or-go-hell-then-accuse-liberals-indoctrinating?akid=12047.294211.R6vTx6&rd=1&src=newsletter1012567&t=8

I think I know where conservatives get the idea that other people are sneaking around trying to indoctrinate children into unthinking ideologies. It’s because they themselves are totally guilty of it, both in terms of trying to recruit other people’s children and trying to frighten their own children about the dangers of exploring thoughts outside of the ones approved by their own rigid ideologies. Parents in Portland, Oregon were alarmed to hear that a group calling itself the Child Evangelism Fellowship's Good News Club has been targeting children as young as five for conversion to their form of Christianity.

The group pretends to be similar to more liberal and open-minded groups, claiming they are just trying to teach their beliefs but aren’t trying to be coercive. However, it’s hard to believe, in no small part because they admit they run around scaring children by telling them they are “sinners” who are hellbound unless they convert and start trying to convert others. 

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