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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's one thing to provide some cultural education, but these half-day bible schools are usually offered free of charge to drum up business for the church. And it is a business. The kids are going to come home with bags of novelties that feature a cross and words of scripture. The only purpose of that is to teach them how to be Christian, not to teach them about Christianity. You will find a few Christian kids at a Jewish camp but you will never find Jewish kids at a Christian camp. It doesn't work in that direction.

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I did Catholic vacation bible school as a kid. And Episopalian and Methodist for that matter when my uber-Catholic mother needed a break. And was never told that I needed to be saved, prosthelitized to, given a goody bag, or anything else I would have a problem with exposing my agnostic kids to. It really depends on the church.  Would I send my kids to my ILs southern baptist bible camp. No way, no how.  Plus MILs motivation matters. Conversion (not ok) or respite childcare (still upsetting to mom but more understandable and easier to forgive)?

Plus what does DH say?

Lots of missing pieces. [/quote]

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