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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Which part of "why did her mother send her over there for three days in the first place" is such an alien language to such militant anti-religious people?[/quote]

This is hysterical.

Having someone's kid in your house [u]does not give you the right to force your religion on them[/u], period. A mom should be able to trust a family friend to watch her kid for a few days [u]without having to explicitly say, "Don't try to force your religion on my kid, please.[/u] These are [u]basic rules[/u] of polite society, like keeping a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom, or washing your hands before a meal, or remembering to do your laundry.

If you are a Christian family who is doing a favor by hosting a non-Christian kid, and if the kid looks like he's able to be at home alone for 2 hours a day (like the PP, a teenager, was clearly capable of) then give him a cheery good morning on Sunday, show him where the cereal is, tell him not to open the door for strangers, and whisk your Christian family off to church. Your guest can stay at home.

[u]Because that is a basic expectation of polite, secular society.[/u] You're welcome.[/quote]

I'm Jewish, and when my brother needed surgery while my dad was traveling, my mom stayed with my brother in the hospital and shipped me two blocks away to a neighbor who is Catholic and has two daughters.  They prayed at each meal, thanking Jesus for it.  I sat quietly. The second night the dad asked me, "Jess, is there a jewish prayer to say before a meal?" and I thought for a second. "There IS!" And they all smiled and we all joined hands again even though that's not how jews pray, and I stumbled through the Hebrew prayer you say before eating, and they all said Amen. So I started saying Amen after their jesus prayer, even though I wouldn't pray to Jesus.  Come Friday after school, the mom asked me "Do you need to go to temple tonight? Because I can send you with Rachel?" and I told her no, I could skip it, and she said "And I think we'll skip church on Sunday morning as well."

Two months later they invited me over to come decorate the Christmas tree. I invited them over to do the first night of Hanukah candles with us.

Four months later at the end of our Passover seder my mother sent me two blocks to their house with all our leftover hard-boiled eggs for them to paint for Easter.  I feel like THIS is how a friendship between two religions should go. [/quote]
How lovely! [/quote]

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