Religious Cartoons Are Evil for Kids, Too
From: Sara
To: The Path of Truth
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 12:27 PM
Subject: Question on 2nd Commandment
Hi Paul and Victor,
I have been perusing your site- I found it while on a search to confirm what I was feeling about nativities and thank you for confirming that :).
I have been thinking about all of this a lot. Having been raised Catholic but converting to Protestant when I was sixteen I still have many “traditions” that need to be undone.
My current question is this- I have many children’s bibles for my 2 kids. I am finding all of them have drawings (cartoonish ones) of Jesus when the story mentions Jesus. One called “Jesus Calling” (given my my brother’s family) even has a section after the story where “Jesus” talks about what was just read. I find that to be an abomination and have been torn on getting rid of it or marking through that section with a permanent marker because I think it does a good job telling the stories on a level the kids can understand (mine are 3 and 1). What are your thoughts? My other question is probably obvious. Are the depictions of Jesus in the children’s bibles graven images? If so how do I go about teaching the stories from the bible in a way they can understand- should I just use mine and then try my best to explain what it is saying in terms they understand?
Thank you in advance!!
Best,
Sara
From: Paul Cohen and Victor Hafichuk
To: Sara
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: Question on 2nd Commandment
Hi Sara,
Have you red Religious Images, Icons, and Likenesses? Why expose your children to blasphemous material – toxic unreality? You’re on the right track here:
“How do I go about teaching the stories from the bible in a way they can understand- should I just use mine and then try my best to explain what it is saying in terms they understand?”
Of course, your “best” will fall short or be in error, as you mention about needing to unlearn the lies of Catholicism AND Protestantism. If you’re walking the path of truth with the Lord Jesus Christ, that will certainly happen. That’s what we’re here to help you do. Keep reading our site, Sara, and let us know how things go.
Paul and Victor
From: Sara
To: Paul Cohen
Cc: Victor Hafichuk
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Question on 2nd Commandment
Hi Paul,
Thank you so much for your response!!! I have read that page and found it to be congruent with what I had been feeling (from the Holy Spirit). It is so crazy thinking a lot I have grown up knowing as “truth” really isn’t. Kind of earth shattering but that’s what Jesus came to do. I have also told my three year old the truth about Santa because I was feeling convicted about that. When I told my family my mom was supportive but my dad didn’t agree with me. I am already dreading my in laws’ response (not that it would change me, just that I don’t like conflict with them because they tend to adopt an “I’m right and you’re wrong” attitude). I’m feeling Matthew 10:35 a lot lately as I challenge things I have learned and start unlearning them as I discover the truth. I thank you for your wonderful website. I have shared it with my husband and he has been reading on his own (a good sign that he is interested). I am so grateful to have the support you are offering. And of course grateful to have “woken up” at the ripe old age of 35 so I can help my kids know the truth too. Thank you again!!!
Best,
Sara
From: Paul Cohen
To: Sara
Cc: Victor Hafichuk
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: Question on 2nd Commandment
Good to hear, Sara. The Lord has given you light – keep walking in it and you will see everything working for good.
“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7 MKJV).
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Paul