The bible is inappropriate for children. Few believers have actually read the bible and stick to a few cherry-picked verses.
The bible is packed with bizarre, graphic, disturbing, wierd and wacky stories. One of the wackiest is where God tells a man to cook with his poo.
The violence in the bible is appalling, including violence against children.
Then you've got all the messages that women are inferior sex-objects.
'The "Holy" Bible is the worst book of fiction ever written. It should be classified Horror/Fiction, not suitable for under 18 and have a warning stuck on the cover WARNING: Reading this book will result in serious brain damage caused by the God Virus' - Robert Tobin
I do read and study the Bible. I have been studying the Bible inductively for the past 12 years (going on 13). Why would you not let kids study the Bible?
ReplyDelete1) It contains the Words of life
2)It teaches practical things for children (do not lie, do not steal, avoid sexual immorality, avoid foul language, do not be egotistical, honor your parents and elders, be respectful to others, be grateful/appreciative, serve the people around you, love your neighbor as yourself, etc). Children need to learn these things. Many today are very ungrateful and very egotistical because they are not taught. They believe that the world owes them something. They Lie, cheat, and steal because they think it is okay as long as they can get away with it. The look at pornography (average age of first viewing in 11 years old among boys these days)
Why does the fact that the Bible shows people warts and all bother you? Kids need to learn that there are bad people in this world who will do bad things. They need to learn what the consequences of sin are. So again, why would you not teach them so that they do not repeat the same mistakes of others?