Imagine if you will, that one of your kids comes home from school and tells you that a couple of folk from the church of scientology had been invited to give a talk, show a DVD and hand out leaflets promoting a camp you could send them to. Would that sort of thing worry you?
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It depends.
Will the little tykes be issued with rotten tomatoes in adavnce?
Will the little tykes be issued with rotten tomatoes in adavnce?
They've already been. That's another factor to take into consideration. We as the parents weren't even informed until after the fact.
fatty.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]fatty wrote: [/QUOTENAME] We as the parents weren't even informed until after the fact.
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That's disgusting. I assume there was a parental uproar after the fact, yes? I would be livid. It's no different than lecturing the kids or showing them videos of some other cult or religious sect. Do you know in what context this 'lesson' was given?
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That's disgusting. I assume there was a parental uproar after the fact, yes? I would be livid. It's no different than lecturing the kids or showing them videos of some other cult or religious sect. Do you know in what context this 'lesson' was given?
they didn't want to let everyone know that tom cruise was coming to town, so they kept it on the lowdown.
Yes, that would bother me. Any religion aiming themselves at my child would bother me though.
I would be absolutely furious.
As usual, the typical hysterical reaction from the unenlightened about the harmless religion of Scientology. When I was a kid we went to these meetings too and it hasn't had any effect on me at all.
Holly2003
ALL PRAISE THE SUPREME BEING.
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ALL PRAISE THE SUPREME BEING.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]fatty wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Imagine if you will, that one of your kids comes home from school and tells you that a couple of folk from the church of scientology had been invited to give a talk, show a DVD and hand out leaflets promoting a camp you could send them to. Would that sort of thing worry you?
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Yes.
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Yes.
It depends on how old my kid is.
But let's say he/she is a teenager.
I would not approve if they'd only invite one religious group to spread their shitty propaganda.
If they're going to invite scientologists, they should invite some catholics, hindus, muslims, etc as well.
But let's say he/she is a teenager.
I would not approve if they'd only invite one religious group to spread their shitty propaganda.
If they're going to invite scientologists, they should invite some catholics, hindus, muslims, etc as well.
I wouldn't stop my kid from listening to the meeting because that's almost as precious as the Church of Scientology is itself. But I'd set the record straight when they got home, about their shameless self-promotion, celebrity status and far-fetched ideas which can often be demeaning for other people. Just like my dad does when I get talks from school. But never about Scientology. He just dismisses everything as 'utter crap' or something more articulate than that.
As it happens there were no scientologists. I just used them as an example of a religious sect that provokes a typical knee-jerk reaction.
What actually happened was that my 10 year old daughter came home from school with a brochure for a scripture union camp and asked if she could go. Of course she thinks it's going to be all volleyball, swimming and songs around the campfire. What pisses me off slightly is that someone thought it would be a good idea to waste an afternoon that should have been spent educating them on allowing a couple of god-botherers to try selling thier beliefs to young children. You'll have to pardon me if I start to sound like a Daily Mail reader, but I send my kids to school to learn how to read, write, count and make the odd elbow macaroni picture. Not to be bothered by catholics, hindus, jews, muslims or athiests flogging cheap holidays to the promised land.
Or am I just getting old and grumpy?
fatty.
fatty.
What actually happened was that my 10 year old daughter came home from school with a brochure for a scripture union camp and asked if she could go. Of course she thinks it's going to be all volleyball, swimming and songs around the campfire. What pisses me off slightly is that someone thought it would be a good idea to waste an afternoon that should have been spent educating them on allowing a couple of god-botherers to try selling thier beliefs to young children. You'll have to pardon me if I start to sound like a Daily Mail reader, but I send my kids to school to learn how to read, write, count and make the odd elbow macaroni picture. Not to be bothered by catholics, hindus, jews, muslims or athiests flogging cheap holidays to the promised land.
Or am I just getting old and grumpy?
fatty.
fatty.
I'd honestly worry more about the fact that the parents were never asked about this. I would be livid myself.
But this is what I would do: You don't want to ban your kids from listening to it, there wouldn't be a point to it anyway. So let your kids go to the talk, and make sure to tell them to bring home the information they get. Then, when they get home, sit down with them and have a talk, using the leaflets. Now appears to be a good time not only to introduce to them the concept of religion, but also the concept of the fact that people will say anything to sell their point of view. Turn this into a teaching experience to show them that before they decide anything, they need to think carefully about all aspects and take everything into account.
But this is what I would do: You don't want to ban your kids from listening to it, there wouldn't be a point to it anyway. So let your kids go to the talk, and make sure to tell them to bring home the information they get. Then, when they get home, sit down with them and have a talk, using the leaflets. Now appears to be a good time not only to introduce to them the concept of religion, but also the concept of the fact that people will say anything to sell their point of view. Turn this into a teaching experience to show them that before they decide anything, they need to think carefully about all aspects and take everything into account.
One has to look at these sects' point of view as well. Their main goal is to attract new members. But when it comes to attempting to attract kids who cannot judge on their own what their next step should be, that is pretty damn low and desperate to a certain extent. So I think you are entitled to feel the way you do.
I never went to camp. We had all "family vacations" - but some pretty amazing adventures.