being anzac day this week i've been talking to the school kiddies about war, conscription, moral dilemmas and jesus
me: put your hand up if you think jesus would have gone to fight in a war
pause... 4 hands go up
me: put your hand up if you think jesus would have gone to prison instead of fighting
22 hands went up
me: put your hand up if you don't know
3 hands
me: to the children who think he would have fought, why?
kid: 'cause he always sticks up for little kids and he wouldn't want the baddies to get them.
another kid: but what about the german kids, jesus likes them. he wouldn't shoot their daddies.
another kid: but what about moses and the big sea. god killed his baddies. they would have had kids? What do you think miss?
um...siren goes...phew.
what do i think...still not sure - charlie
3 comments:
Ohhh crap, ask someone else...
cop out? What an interesting series of questions, well Done Mrs E!
I think he would not have gone to war. If he found himself in one, I guess he would have been on the side of the underdog...(that's the one being shot at)
Jesus did go to war.
He 'invaded' a foreign territory, to rescue the inhabitants from the dark prince. But he came bearing love and freedom, not machine guns and barbed wire. He fought the baddies [the religious leaders of the day] with word power, not nuclear power.
He won the war by dying. But the baddie does get killed in the end.
home schooling is the easiest way to create a nerd dullache!!.... (just joking) actually so is not owning a tv...which is something i'm also keen on. maybe i want my kids to be little flower power hippie nerds?? better that than super sucessful, self sufficient, control obsessed independent professionals. as a mother do i even get i say in who they'll be? i kind off hope not -charlie
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