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"Chicago public school cancels 'Christian’ haunted house depicting Orlando LGBT mass shooting"

Kapalika

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Again human decency. Most moderate modern insert religion here follower would probably not be okay with showing such graphic images to Elementary aged (or even High School aged) school children. If I'm not mistaken American Elementary only goes up to grade 5 before middle school starts? That's way too young to be exposed to topics like abortion (homosexuality maybe if they ask) never mind showing this crap.

I would hazard a guess that they would find this appalling to their beliefs because one it demonises people as unsavable and two distorts the teachings of Jesus. It is literally a show of human judgement and humans taking vengence, which is God's alone to do so.
An eternal Hell might be a fear tactic but believe it or not, not all Christians would support such a message instead preferring to emphasise the forgiveness of Jesus and God's love.

How does it distort the teaching of Jesus when he talked all the time about Hell? You could easily turn many of his parables into Hell House stories.

It isn't love to hold a gun to someone's head and say you will pull the trigger if they don't accept your "forgiveness", so how can it be love to even have an eternal hell in the first place?

And so again, it's hypocritical to be against the Hell house, but not against Hell in of itself.
 

SomeRandom

Still learning to be wise
Staff member
Premium Member
How does it distort the teaching of Jesus when he talked all the time about Hell? You could easily turn many of his parables into Hell House stories.

It isn't love to hold a gun to someone's head and say you will pull the trigger if they don't accept your "forgiveness", so how can it be love to even have an eternal hell in the first place?

And so again, it's hypocritical to be against the Hell house, but not against Hell in of itself.
"Those without sin cast the first stone."
Guess how many stones are cast in Hell houses?
"Remove the log from thine own eye before bothering with the speck in thy neighbours."
No logs would have been removed, according to some during such a display.
Some hold his message of peace and forgiveness as more important than messages of condemnation.
Humans are complicated. There's always going to be nuances with anything. You can't just assume how people will react based just on their religious beliefs.
Interpretations differ and just because someone believes in an eternal hell doesn't mean they will approve of such inhuman displays. Or even have to.
 
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