Kid: Dad, someone on the internet said Jesus dies for our sins.
Dad: What do you think of that?
Kid: I’m not sure but it’s weird. How can someone dying have anything to do with the bad things that other people do?
Dad: It only makes sense if you understand that back then, they used to kill animals as a sacrifice to God. They believed that God will show them more favor, the larger the sacrifice. If you do something God doesn’t like, killing something will make God happy with you again.
Kid: This is getting more bizarre, and creapy.
Dad: So, Christians believe that Jesus was sacrificed to forgive all humans for all the bad things they do so God will be happy with them again.
Kid: O…K… So, we’re all forgiven for everything we do.
Dad: Not exactly. You have to feel bad about it and ask Jesus to forgive you. If you’re Catholic, you have to go through a priest.
Kid: David cries when he has to go talk to the his priest.
Dad: Yeah, that’s a different topic, but that’s what they believe.
Kid: Why does God want them to kill things?
Dad: It seems that he changed his mind. Somehow, since killing his “son” was such a big deal, that he’s happy with us without further killing.
Kid: Is God supposed to be smart?
Dad: They believe that he knows everything and makes everything happen.
Kid: Isn’t he suppose to help good people and punish bad people?
Dad: We’ll get there later, your question was about sacrifice. Have you heard of communion?
Kid: Isn’t that when they drink juice and eat a cookie.
Dad: That’s right. The cookie is supposed to be the body of Jesus, and the juice is supposed to be his blood.
Kid: Seriously?!
Dad: Yes. It’s symbolic cannibalism. According to the bible, Jesus told them to do it.
Kid: Like half the kids as school and all of their families do that!
That’s pretty much how it went down with my kids. I imagine most parents just avoid it, but I teach them full on how crazy that shit is. And make sure they know not to confront them about it.
I was raised Christian and took all the stories at face value and true. I think I was about 7 or so when I watch a movie I think was called The Bible. For some reason, seeing the stuff on video allowed me to see how ridiculous it was. After that, I still went to church, but I was looking at it from the outside.
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Me as a parent (lemmy.world)
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Is there a name for when the narrator (in a literary text) talks to the reader directly?
I’m talking about mainly third person narrators in fiction, like for example, “if you have felt/heard/seen X then…”. What is it called?
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Maybe an actual free, open-source artificial intelligence will be the first to post here. Oh shit, I've ruined it. Ok. Maybe the second.
Great idea for a community. I hope to see it take off.
Barber just fucked up my beard
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What is the most popular thing in the world?
Music?
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I'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?
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My friend the em dash.
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