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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for your compassion. It really upset me to see my child hurting.

I’m ok with people having their beliefs. All I want is for them to be ok with mine. Children are sponges and repeat what they hear. I’d love for them to hear a message of kindness, not of intolerance, no matter the belief system.[/quote]

Agree with the prior poster that the world will tell us that it is an act of “kindness” to say nothing as a sign of respect.
But GOD tells us that the ultimate act of Godly kindness is to share the news of the Gospel so that whomever hears and receives it will have everlasting life and be saved.

For me and for many, it’s hard to go against the conventional secular wisdom that kindness = MYOB, but The Bible is pretty clear that Satan wants us to MYOB and not bring any more followers to Christ.[/quote]

I hope you're not giving yourself permission to be cruel to children.   That's what it sounds like.[/quote]

Cruelty is obviously a relative term here in this thread.
The ultimate cruelty IMO is claiming to be someone’s friend while quietly and politely remaining silent when your words could set them on the path to salvation. How cruel to know your friend is not saved and yet stand by and say/do nothing to offer a path to salvation.
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This post is EXACTLY why there can never be a middle ground, a compromise. Many christians (especially evangelicals) live in a completely different world than others. They see it as a GOOD thing, while others (myself included) not only don't believe it, but feel that it's abusive to say these things to a child. My child, at the age of 8, was told if he didn't get "saved" by saying the magic words about jesus, would burn in a lake of fire for all eternity. This was done at a (previously) trusted friend's home, and she was told not to mention it to her parents because it was just between her and god. She was shown pictures of this lake of fire. She believed it, and although she is 14 now, she can't get the images out of her head. 
I consider it abuse. They (and PP apparently) consider it a loving act.

They WON'T mind their business, because they see it as their business, they see it as loving, they see it as a command from the ever loving creator of the universe. I've even been told it would be disrespectful to ask them to stop evangelizing because I would then be disrespecting THEIR beliefs.

We live in different worlds...although I wish that was literal. I have no desire to inhabit any space in which there are people with beliefs so counter to humanity and with people that don't even believe they are allowed to keep that crap to themselves.

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This is the “your truth/my truth” position.

But since Christ says “I am the way, THE Truth, and the life—no one comes to the Father except by ME” then believers know that THE truth is that, while we do share “space” in this world, we can only live eternally with our Father in heaven if we choose to follow Christ. And that path is open to ANYONE who makes the choice to follow Him.

This is why sharing this news with others is a kind invitation and not a cruel boast.
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This is not about sharing confirmation.  It's about making a kid cry because they believe differently than another kid.[/quote]

I would offer that a young child saying to another young child that it’s bad not to believe in Jesus is simply a child-like rudimentary expression of his own understanding that  “Believe in Jesus = Heaven / Don’t believe in Jesus = Hell”

OP’s son could have shrugged and said  “meh—I don’t believe any of that religious stuff” he cried, maybe because he doesn’t like that the friend expressed disapproval of his choice, or maybe because he doesn’t really know why he doesn’t believe in Jesus and was concerned that the friend said that was a bad thing.

If this statement from one child
to another caused the non-believing
child to cry, then that tells me that OP has not properly explained to her child what “they” believe or don’t believe in their family.
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No your take is absurd.

Your kid is rude and stupid period.

You are indoctrinated into a religion. Religion is a cult all religion.

You don't get to teach your kids that you are better because of your religion or that they get to be rude because of being kids. That alone is absurd.[/quote]

I don’t have any kids.[/quote]

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