I attended the Bibleman show Friday night, along with my wife and three daughters. I'll agree with the reviews of the show - it was not very good. The lip-synching was horrible (I could've done it better and I didn't know the script) and the choreography looked made up on the spot. HOWEVER, my girls were into it. My eight year old nephew loves Bibleman and learning the Bible verses from the video series has helped him become a honest and decent young man, in school, church and life.
Personally, I'm not into the whole "Christian rock concert" spectacle like I used to be. But at least with Bibleman, kids are receiving a positive message and learning Biblical principles. The Bibleman creators and the parents who support the product are trying to make a difference in the lives of kids who, with all the negative influences around them, need a hand in learning good values. Let's see...kids grow up learning how to respect their parents and authority, being honest and trustworthy and decent. Yeah, they're abused, just brainwashed victims.
As far as Strock's assertion goes that Christian parents are somehow akin to child abusers, he needs to get off his anti-Christian soapbox and stop ripping a large percentage of parents in our area that are trying to do right by their kids. Would Strock rather just let parents lock kids in their rooms with video games and the internet until they're 18? Let teachers and peers influence their opinions and beliefs? That's not parenting. Look up the definition of a parent. It speaks of passing down traditions and values from their ancestry to their offspring. That's what parents and families do, religious or not. Just because you don't agree with the values being passed along doesn't make it wrong or abusive.
In my opinion, Dawkins is an anti-Christian bigot and Strock is aiding and abetting the hate speech. This idiocy needs to stop and Christian parents need to be given the honor they're due for passing time-honored traditions of their faith down to the next generation.
July 5, 2008
Posted on April 13 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I attended the Bibleman show Friday night, along with my wife and three daughters. I'll agree with the reviews of the show - it was not very good. The lip-synching was horrible (I could've done it better and I didn't know the script) and the choreography looked made up on the spot. HOWEVER, my girls were into it. My eight year old nephew loves Bibleman and learning the Bible verses from the video series has helped him become a honest and decent young man, in school, church and life.
Personally, I'm not into the whole "Christian rock concert" spectacle like I used to be. But at least with Bibleman, kids are receiving a positive message and learning Biblical principles. The Bibleman creators and the parents who support the product are trying to make a difference in the lives of kids who, with all the negative influences around them, need a hand in learning good values. Let's see...kids grow up learning how to respect their parents and authority, being honest and trustworthy and decent. Yeah, they're abused, just brainwashed victims.
As far as Strock's assertion goes that Christian parents are somehow akin to child abusers, he needs to get off his anti-Christian soapbox and stop ripping a large percentage of parents in our area that are trying to do right by their kids. Would Strock rather just let parents lock kids in their rooms with video games and the internet until they're 18? Let teachers and peers influence their opinions and beliefs? That's not parenting. Look up the definition of a parent. It speaks of passing down traditions and values from their ancestry to their offspring. That's what parents and families do, religious or not. Just because you don't agree with the values being passed along doesn't make it wrong or abusive.
In my opinion, Dawkins is an anti-Christian bigot and Strock is aiding and abetting the hate speech. This idiocy needs to stop and Christian parents need to be given the honor they're due for passing time-honored traditions of their faith down to the next generation.
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