is this an Evangelical thing?
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Anonymous
| OP, your DD could be invited to a lot of other worse things. If it’s an innocent invite, I don’t see the harm. My children get invited to a number of events (non religious) by their peers, I don’t complain about it. |
Anonymous
What denomination are you? |
Anonymous
If it's not an innocent invite, you'll find out when your DD returns home. She may be repulsed, nonplussed, cool or converted. |
Anonymous
| Some of them are perfectly innocent invitations. Hey, my youth group is going to 6 Flags, want to come? And some of them are activities that look fine until you find out that after they all played laser tag and ate pizza, they were asked to be saved and commit their lives to Christ. I'm fine with my kid going to activities with/at other churches. I'm not fine with her being ambushed and asked to make a public statement of faith. |
Anonymous
NP-The sneakiness is what bothers me, especially with kids under 16 or so. If the invite is we're going to play laser tag! Then we're going to listen to testimonies and have the opportunity to be saved! Fine, but tell my kid all of that and tell them to get my permission. |
Anonymous
| It's a hard no for me, OP. I'm a Christian and a minister. My kids have been to churches, temples, and mosques of many different faiths. I want them to experience different faith paths and explore their spirituality. But I draw a hard line at evangelical churches, especially southern baptist. My kids were never allowed to attend services at those types of churches. The teachings and values run counter to everything our family holds sacred. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
None. I refuse to be part of any. I have the Bible and I am able to read. |
Anonymous
| Evangelicals only pretend they want to be your friend (see thread on MLM, selling stuff, and non-genuine friends). It's about conversion. |
Anonymous
Yup. I learned this the hard way, and it was a heartache to realize my "friend" only pursued the "friendship" because I was an "unsaved Jew." |
Anonymous
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I was at a fast-food place for lunch today, and there was a middle-aged man instructing a high schooler on how to "save" people. (Their booth was behind mine and I heard every word.)
I was tempted to say something, but I knew it would accomplish no good (and it wasn't my place). Instead, I listened as this guy told the kid that you don't just jump at a new person with spreading the word of Jesus, but you have to "warm" them up first. I can't remember exact details, but it was coming from such an arrogant position - as if they are doing the world a favor by getting people to change their religious beliefs. I felt sorry for the kid. He's being sent out to "spread the Gospels" without fully realizing how rude and disrespectful that is - and, to sensitive people, how harmful it can actually be. |
Anonymous
I grew up in NJ and went to a active Catholic Church, I had a neighbor that did what you describe in your post. They were very pushy about trying to get me to join their church. It made my parents furious. |
Anonymous
I think you need to read your dictionary. |
Anonymous
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Allow your daughter to go and afterwards ask her about her experience. Every church is not the same neither are all people. There's always a few bad apples in the bunch. I've noticed that many Catholics disparage Evangelicals without failing to mentions the flaws of Catholicism: priests raping children, nuns sleeping with priests, the Papacy advocating for one world religion.
Do you see the point I'm making? If I were to talk about Islam I go point out extremists who bomb people, have multiplied wives and treat their women as second class citizens. In every branch of religion there are people who are extremists. |
Anonymous
I think you need to pray to God for the spite that dwells in your soul. |