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UH - exactly! Which leads to all kinds of major problems if the child is not shown love... and it is important to distinguish the difference between plain 'ol being loved and the action of being shown love... esp. with younger children - they absolutely need to feel loved - positive attention and appropriate and loving physical contact are major ways to do this.
Also, I think that discipline/self-control is a big runner up for important things to teach children!
I love this subject
posted by
MariVye
on April 22, 2005 at 12:01 PM
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UH
I didn't coime up with that. MG did. Yep, he's the one who had no interest in seeing either "Titanic" or "Passion of the Christ" because "He knew how they ended". Heretic.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 22, 2005 at 11:58 AM
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UH
I'll be looking for it...
posted by
Offy
on April 22, 2005 at 11:57 AM
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Mary
Haha, the sequel.
COMING SOON!! THE BIBLE: PART DUEX
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:55 AM
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MariVye
I would say that love is definately a majorly important thing to teach children. If a parent doesn't show their child love, how can the child ever show love to anyone else?
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:54 AM
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offbeatpub
It is amazing the types of things people are capable of doing. You have to wonder if there's a correlation somewhere between the absence of public execution, the absence of violence in every day life that leads to the grotesque crimes committed today. Ohhh baby I've got my next post! THANK YOU offbeatpub!
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:52 AM
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I wonder if maybe love is the most important thing to teach our children... it seems like a lot of other things fall into place if they learn to love and accept love
posted by
MariVye
on April 22, 2005 at 11:50 AM
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Yeah, but this is all Old Testament (or Hebrew Scripture, or TaNaK, or whatever you want to call them). The sequel as my lapsed Jewish loved one likes to call it, is much more touchy feely.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 22, 2005 at 11:49 AM
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UH
Maybe they lay some time of foundation, but like you I never really consulted the big 10. There is a right way of doing things and a wrong, the way I got it figured, if you just try to do the right thing than chances are, you can look in the mirror without remorse. What bothers me in today's world is the lack of concious. I know everyone is supposed to have a soul, but dang some of this stuff going on makes me wonder..
posted by
Offy
on April 22, 2005 at 11:48 AM
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UH,....I ask myself that same question.....
posted by
Original_Influence
on April 22, 2005 at 11:34 AM
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Jiimy
You know, I had never even thought about that. It does seem like He plays favorites, doesn't it?
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:34 AM
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Not only was there that thing in Cannan...
but there was the time a bunch of urchins were teasing Elija (as an old man) about his balding head and God sent bears to maul 42 of them...King David arranged to have one of his officers killed in battle because he had knocked up the man's wife and didn't want it to come out...there are a bunch of unpalatable stories in the Bible, mostly in the Old Testament, and the thing that bugs me is that both Elija and David (among others) were men greatly favored by God...this does not encourage me to believe that this is a God I want to follow and worship...
posted by
jimmy68
on April 22, 2005 at 11:32 AM
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mary.....I had help...I had to rememorize them when my kids were in
elementary school....
posted by
Original_Influence
on April 22, 2005 at 11:29 AM
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Original Incluence,
I'll bet you're way ahead of 90% of us. I keep trying, but I leave out parts here and there.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 22, 2005 at 11:25 AM
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A lot of catholics know those ten commandments in order...
they were`pounded into our heads every year.....
posted by
Original_Influence
on April 22, 2005 at 11:21 AM
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Original_Influence
I read a book on Moral Philosophy and couldn't help but get angry at it. My roommate was laughing hysterically because ever 5 pages or so I’d swear and throw the book across the room, stand up, get the book, sit back down and start reading again. They talk about finding some common ground between different cultures, then in the same chapter state that what they think is right. AHHH!! When does the hurting stop?
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:20 AM
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Mary x - right - Your actions speak so loud I cannot hear what you are saying thing ...
posted by
MariVye
on April 22, 2005 at 11:19 AM
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Mary
That's true. Had my parents acted differently than how the told me to be, I probably would have told them to shove it. And I'd be willing to bet not a whole lot of people know them all in order, although most people know the ones that our modern laws are primarily based on.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:18 AM
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UH,
I can understand....
posted by
Original_Influence
on April 22, 2005 at 11:17 AM
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Original_Influence
Ohhh boy. Moral Philosophy makes me nauseous =P
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:16 AM
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MariVye
Thank you very much =)
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 11:16 AM
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Hacker,
I think kids learn from watching what actually is done, not what they're told. The old "Do what I say, not what I do" thing has never worked. How many people know all of the Ten Commandments, in order?
posted by
Blanche.
on April 22, 2005 at 11:10 AM
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This reminds me of a conversation i had in college about the difference
between morals and ethics....
posted by
Original_Influence
on April 22, 2005 at 11:00 AM
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excellent post
very thought provoking.
posted by
MariVye
on April 22, 2005 at 10:58 AM
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donaldoji
See, it's things like that which make me wish I knew more about the Bible. It sure is an interesting book.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 10:56 AM
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Then, too, the Ten Commandments pertained only...
to the Israelites. That was their interpretation of it."Thou shalt not kill," for example. Right after the Commandments were received, they went over to Canaan and did a number on the people there. It wasn't pretty, either. It's in the Book!
posted by
donaldoji
on April 22, 2005 at 10:52 AM
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roofpig
Ninja, Ninja, Rap
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 9:26 AM
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U.H.
I can say from my own experience that my children have absolutely no reason to trust any person in this world to treat them as they would want. I will see to it that they are taught to forge the path to their own happiness while fending off intruders and respecting others as well.
posted by
TARZANA
on April 22, 2005 at 9:25 AM
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Ah, Rob Van Winkle, how you've been missed. What, no you haven't.
"Go ninja, go ninja, go!"
posted by
roofpig
on April 22, 2005 at 9:22 AM
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You-Look-Fabulous
It seems like a difficult task, you know? Teaching your kids to be wary of getting screwed over while not making them paranoid and untrusting of everyone? I wish you the best of luck on your journey with your kids =)
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 9:16 AM
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roofpig
Robert VanWinkle says: "Word to your mother"
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 9:15 AM
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I think that the church cannot really help children of divorced parents, as the broken and divided family will be passed down to the offspring no matter what they preach. But the poor church is also ignorant, as they often allow divorce rather than to see its fatal error.
In my mind, the most important thing I must teach my children is not to get screwed by any person, school, job, program or organization in life. We must be wary of intruders always, and we must treat others with civility, kindness and fairness always, in order to not get screwed in life.
But I think I'll have to word it differently.
posted by
TARZANA
on April 22, 2005 at 9:10 AM
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Word. Meaning you've left me with nothing to add.
posted by
roofpig
on April 22, 2005 at 9:02 AM
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Talion
Exactly the way I see it too =). Without a solid foundation the building will fall.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 8:46 AM
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Mia
Maybe you’ve achieved Mark Twain’s ideal life? =P
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” –Mark Twain
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 22, 2005 at 8:45 AM
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The Ten Commandments are simply words. It takes more than that to be a productive member of society. It takes tremendous effort. Without it, you fail, whether or not you were raised in church or not.
posted by
Talion
on April 22, 2005 at 8:44 AM
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Uni
Great post...it does begin with the parent doesn't it...and the example they set for us....
Too much pressure and strictness often leads to troubled youth.
Although I must say religion worked for me growing up, but I take into account that I was very mature, very "Old soul" for such a little child...most children aren't that deep or wise...but even when I was very young...I didn't think of myself as a child....probably why I'm so giddy and goofy now...lol....I've regressed.
posted by
MiaElla
on April 22, 2005 at 8:40 AM
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