"They listened and obeyed"

by zound 11 Replies latest jw friends

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  Faithful Witness

  zound: I didn't study this lesson in depth (I didn't do the reading and activities), but it sort of looked more like a redemption message to me. Maybe I'm just not seeing it clearly.

  It didn't stand out, as much as the dot-to-dot horror coloring pages in other lessons (like the story of Solomon cutting the baby in half, and Lot's wife with a terrorized look on her face).

  That said, I find just about all the children's lessons to be creepy and off the wall. I do let my kids look at them with me, and we discuss what is right and wrong in them and the way the material is presented.
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  Mum

  Teaching people simply to obey instead of analyzing situations and making appropriate decisions based on their own best interest is one of the worst evils of religion. I grew up that way, and was reinforced constantly for being a "good girl." Then it took its toll when I couldn't obey every master I had because they all told me differently. So, I read Wayne Dyer, and the rest is history. It's still hard to stand up for myself, and I fail many times, but I'm getting better and better. AND, I like myself and others much better, too.